Andrew Burr

Andrew was a member of Atkin Chambers from 1983 until 2016, specialising primarily in construction and technology matters. He is also an affiliated foreign lawyer with Primus (Vilnius, Lithuania), focusing upon international dispute avoidance and resolution.

Andrew was on an extended editorial sabbatical between 2014 and 2015 writing the fifth edition of Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts (informa law by Routledge), and writing various other publications and pursuing educational projects. He has developed his third party neutral practice with ArbDB Chambers, through which, he acts as adjudicator, arbitrator, dispute board member and mediator.

He is presently acting as Team Leader/Legal Expert in EU-funded arbitral proceedings (seated in London) involving Nigeria and is a party-appointed arbitrator in a substantial ad hoc arbitration on a commercial matter, involving the supply of pharmaceutical equipment by a UK-based company to an Israeli corporate entity.

Legal Texts
• Author of International Contractual and Statutory Adjudication, (informa law by Routledge): 2017
• Author of the fifth edition of Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, (informa law by Routledge): 2016
• General editor of European Construction Contracts (Wiley Chancery Law): 1994-2000
• Founder editor of Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Law Journal (Lloyds of London Press): 1992-2002
• Founder editor of Construction Law Journal (Sweet and Maxwell); now general and articles editor: 1984

Articles and Publications
• “Chess Clock” Arbitration and Time Management Techniques in International Arbitration (with Pierre Karrer), (2010) 26 Const LJ 53
• The Use of Visualisations in Case Presentation and Evidence (with Keith Pickavance) (2010) 26 Const LJ 3
• Papers from a Joint Meeting of the European Branch and the Swiss Arbitration Association, Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland, Arbitration (November 2006)
• Papers from the Joint Meeting in Dublin of the European and Irish Branches, Arbitration (February 2006)
• The Consideration of Critical Path Analysis in English Law (2005) 21 Const LJ 222
• ENDR’s Fast Arbitration Rules: a Comparative View, Arbitration, (May 2005)
• Med-Arb: A Viable Hybrid Solution? Les Arbitres Internationaux, (2005)

Qualifications and Awards
• 2008 Affiliated foreign lawyer: Primus (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• 1981 Inns of Court School of Law, Gray’s Inn, Bar Finals
• 1980 MA (Law), Trinity Hall, Cambridge