Matthew Thorne

Personal Bio

Job Title: Barrister

Areas of Expertise:

Matthew is a former Chairman of Junior TECBAR. He is ranked in Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal as a leading junior in Construction and has been described as “a future star of the construction Bar”. He regularly appears in the TCC, both as sole and junior counsel, as well as on significant points of law in the Court of Appeal. Matthew is also often instructed on complex arbitrations with an international element.

He is instructed in respect of single and multi-party disputes, including between employers, main contractors, sub-contractors and contract administrators, and in respect both of standard forms and ad hoc arrangements.

Matthew is an adjudicator and is accredited by CIArb, TECBAR, CIC and UK Adjudicators and is regularly appointed to determine a variety of disputes. He is co-editor of the Architects’ Legal Handbook and author of the chapter on Adjudication, and has also been a contributing author on the online Lexis legal database in respect of construction and adjudication.