Tom Taylor

Expert Highlights

• Provided expert witness testimony at hearings on more than 10 occasions, including concurrent evidence ('hot tubbing') sessions and First Tier Tribunal proceedings relating to Building Safety cases.
• Appointed as an expert witness on over 200 contentious matters, with dispute values reaching £400 million.
• Significant experience of managing large teams and delivering expert work product on high-value, complex construction cases involving claims arising from termination, prolongation and disruption.
• Hands on experience of working across construction projects internationally, including the Middle East, Africa, Australia, Europe and the UK.

About Tom Taylor

Tom is a highly experienced construction claims and quantum expert with 20 years’ experience in the construction industry. He has extensive frontline experience in the preparation, management, and resolution of complex, high-value claims on some of the world’s most prominent energy, aviation, civil engineering, and oil & gas projects, both in the UK and internationally.

Over the past decade, Tom has been instructed as an expert witness in over 200 contentious matters across a wide range of values and complexities. He has extensive adjudication and litigation experience. His recent international arbitration experience includes major projects in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. Domestically, he has been appointed on termination claims, final account disputes, professional negligence matters, and other construction valuation issues, including disputes arising under the Building Safety Act 2022.

Tom has been appointed by public bodies, employers, contractors, and subcontractors in litigation, adjudication, international arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution. He has provided expert evidence as both a party-appointed and single joint quantum expert, and has been cross-examined, including by King’s Counsel.

With a broad and varied background, Tom delivers concise, practical, and proportionate advice. He is particularly valued by clients for his ability to focus on the key issues and produce clear, effective, and commercially focused work product that is proportionate to the size and business importance of the dispute.

Lexology Index

Recommended by Lexology in the Construction Expert Witnesses and Consulting Experts – Construction – Quantum, Delay & Technical categories.

Lexology says that Tom "achieves widespread recognition for his deep knowledge of the field, with clients lauding his ‘excellent report-drafting skills’".

Peers and clients say that Tom “offers clear, detailed and highly persuasive written expert reports” and that “his analytical skills and attention to detail are impressive”.

Tom has been included in the Who’s Who Legal and Lexology guides every year since 2020.