{"id":24453,"date":"2023-10-03T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=24453"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:29:48","slug":"harris-martin","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/en_gb\/team\/harris-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Martin is a principal at Accuracy. He specialises in dispute resolution services to the construction industry, advising particularly on the causation of delay to infrastructure projects worldwide. He also works with Accuracy\u2019s senior management in relation to risk and compliance matters.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has over 25 years\u2019 experience in dispute resolution, including international construction arbitration, High and Appeal Court litigation and mediation, working for both employers (government agencies, corporate and private) and contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has a postgraduate law degree and is a fully accredited mediator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BA (1987)<\/li>\n<li>LLB (1989)<\/li>\n<li>CEDR-accredited mediator<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Law Society of England and Wales (non-practising)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a tabindex=\"0\">In-depth expertise<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Martin Harris has extensive experience in construction and financial services disputes ranging in value between $25 million and $15 billion arising from capital and other projects based in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has worked on matters before the ICC, LCIA, DIAC and SCAI arbitration fora, the UK High and Appeal Courts, and in mediations. He is a Member of the Law Society of England and Wales (non-practising) and a CEDR-accredited mediator.<\/p>\n<h3><a tabindex=\"0\">Example of engagements<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Construction disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$12bn new airport and associated infrastructure in the Middle East on behalf of the EPCM in a dispute against the owner on the construction of a new airport. The dispute was resolved by arbitration under ICC rules.<\/li>\n<li>High-rise residential and commercial development in the Middle East in relation to a DIAC arbitration between the EPC contractor and the owner. Tribunal-appointed delay and quantum expert engagement.<\/li>\n<li>$2.5bn large road and tunnelling infrastructure project in Australia on behalf of the owner. The case was resolved during arbitral proceedings and settled following the issue of two expert reports.<\/li>\n<li>Extension of time and disruption claims by the consortium contractor constructing a jack-up drilling rig in the Caspian Sea against the government-owned employer.\u00a0 Resolved by LCIA arbitration.<\/li>\n<li>$1.5bn LNG storage facility in Australia on behalf of the owner and operator in an international arbitration against the EPCM to assess the extent and causes of delay to project completion of the downstream LNG plant (review of both onsite and offsite streams). Settlement agreed between the parties following the issue of our preliminary expert report.<\/li>\n<li>$1.7bn combined-cycle power and desalination plant, Middle East:\u00a0 The contractor claimed entitlement to an extension of time.\u00a0 The case settled after the submittal of our preliminary independent report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>400,000m\u00b2 retail mall, Middle East on behalf of the owner in LCIA arbitral proceedings arising out of the contractor\u2019s extension of time claim.<\/li>\n<li>Construction of the civil works for the largest private combined cycle power plant in Israel. Analysed the delay to.\u00a0 Determined by ICC arbitration hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nFinancial services disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigation into the financial collapse of the split capital investment trust market, causing the Guernsey-based family trusts significant losses. Subsequent assistance in voluntary liquidation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigation into the financial collapse of a group of hedge fund companies causing the client losses of \u00a310M, leading to a 100% recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":38405,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"attributs-team":[186,188],"class_list":["post-24453","team","type-team","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","attributs-team-principal","attributs-team-uk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harris Martin - Accuracy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/en_gb\/team\/harris-martin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harris Martin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"About Martin is a principal at Accuracy. 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