Dr Tim Sampson
Having originally studied Biochemistry at university, Tim qualified as a barrister in 2000 and now regularly acts in complex construction disputes often with significant technical or expert evidential issues – including adjudications (both under the Scheme for Construction Adjudications and under ad hoc rules) and High Court TCC enforcement proceedings, as well as leading in recent construction law related appeals to the Court of Appeal: PBS Bester AS v Bester Generation UK Ltd [2020] EWCA 404; [2020] 4 All E.R. 1101; [2020] B.L.R. 355; [2020] Bus. L.R. 1626; and Gosvenor London Ltd v Aygun Aluminium UK Ltd at first instance [2018] B.L.R. 353; [2018] Bus. L.R. and on appeal [2018] EWCA Civ 2695: [2019] Bus. L.R. [2019] B.L.R. 99; 182 Con. L.R. 38 | [2019]; C.I.L.L. 4249.
Tim also has substantial experience in relation to domestic building disputes, with a particular emphasis on dealing with such cases through mediation or ADR. Tim became Head of Construction & Technology Group at Lamb Chambers in January 2020.
In addition to construction law, Tim also has a successful intellectual property (copyright, trademarks, passing off, patents and design rights and registered designs) and data protection practice, that covers all aspects of contentious and non-contentious UK and European intellectual property and data protection law. Tim has acted in IP related cases before the UKIPO, EUIPO (previously OHIM), IPEC and the CA: Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed & Ahmed [2021] EWCA Civ 625. He also advises on and drafts commercial contracts and IP / software licensing agreements.