Emyr Evans is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and barrister (non-practising) with over 30 years of construction industry experience. He is an internationally experienced quantum expert witness and has acted on many high-value disputes up to US$1 billion. He has been instructed on more than 40 occasions.
Emyr Evans has “considerable experience in preparing written evidence” and provides an “impartial and objective” outlook in construction disputes.
Emyr is involved in the preparation, analysis and submission of expert witness reports and in the preparation and defence of contractual claims. He has given oral testimony on seven occasions in London, Paris, The Hague, Rotterdam, Toronto and Khartoum, and has experience of delivering concurrent evidence (‘hot-tubbing’) and evidence online.
He has strong commercial and contractual knowledge, having worked with a range of standard forms of contract as well as various bespoke forms of contracts. He has experience of dispute resolution including international arbitration hearings, pleadings for arbitration (domestic and international), referral notices and responses in adjudication, statements of claim, counterclaim and defence submissions and resolution via negotiation.
Emyr has been appointed as quantum expert in construction and engineering disputes across the UK, Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He has experience and expertise across a variety of sectors ranging from aerospace, buildings, industrial and infrastructure to oil and gas, offshore platforms, rail, roads and tunnelling, power and renewables, and technology.
Emyr is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Building and the Academy of Experts and a member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying, an MSc in Construction Management and an LLB (Hons) law degree and is highly regarded by clients and peers alike. Who’s Who Legal Construction Experts 2019 edition says, “Superb quantum expert” Emyr Evans is “incredibly diligent and hard-working” and “goes above and beyond to ensure every query is dealt with”. WWL has previously said, Emyr Evans excels as “an experienced expert witness with a firm grip on the issues”.
Emyr Evans is renowned for his “excellent analysis of complex construction claims” and his ability to carry out “thorough investigations of huge bundle of documents in relatively short time periods.”