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 50 occasions.
Emyr is proficient and excels in cross-examination. His polite attitude makes it a pleasure working with him. He carries out his work in a diligent and thorough manner which shows in his written reports.
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 nine occasions in London, Paris, The Hague, Helsinki, Rotterdam, Toronto and Khartoum, and has experience of delivering concurrent evidence (or ‘hot-tubbing’) and giving expert 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 is an Academy of Experts qualified expert determiner and has completed an advanced professional award in expert witness evidence with Legal Experience Training and a civil expert witness certificate with Cardiff University. 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.
Emyr possesses a combination of the sharp mind and polite personality. He is great in cross-examination. Mr Evans offers his clients thorough research and capability to understand complex projects and problems.
