Nicola Caley

About Nicola

Nicola Caley has more than 24 years of experience in construction, with more than 13 years focused on strategic claims management, claims determination, contractual claims preparation, defence, and dispute resolution. She is a legal professional with an LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an RICS-accredited mediator.  

Nicola has led teams on many complex and technically demanding claims assignments, and she regularly advises on claims and commercial matters on major projects within challenging environments. She has a wealth of commercial, contractual and management experience gained from working on complex infrastructure, buildings, and oil and gas projects throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India. Other experience includes retail, housing developments, commercial, and mixed-use buildings. 

She is well versed in the most current standard forms of contract and has an excellent working knowledge of the NEC, JCT, and FIDIC suites of contracts. She has a particularly strong background in claims, bespoke contracts, and the use of interim dispute resolution techniques on distressed projects.