Hawkswell Kilvington is a niche firm of award winning, specialist solicitors with an established national reputation for providing legal services to the construction and engineering industries.
We provide advice and solutions in all areas of construction and engineering law, from drafting, reviewing and amending bespoke and standard form construction contracts and sub-contracts to resolving construction and engineering disputes through adjudication, mediation, negotiation, arbitration and litigation.
Our team of professional and highly experienced lawyers have an up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of the latest legal developments and adopt a pragmatic, commercial and cost-effective approach to solving clients’ problems. We offer a personal service and a high level of partner involvement that larger firms cannot offer. Our aim is to always be accessible and for our clients to know who is actually doing the work for them.
Hawkswell Kilvington is celebrating having won a top award at the prestigious Legal Business Awards. Hawkswell Kilvington scooped the prize for the best Boutique Law Firm Outside of London. The winners were announced at a black-tie event in London on […]
We are thrilled to announce that we are finalists at the Yorkshire Legal Awards in the following categories: 🏆 Law Firm of the Year: Small 🏆 Niche Law Firm of the Year 🏆 Partner of the Year: Rachel Heald This […]
Hawkswell Kilvington is continuing its organic growth policy with the promotion of Prudence Walton and Samantha Murkitt to the role of Associate within the firm’s contentious and non-contentious departments, respectively. Partner at Hawkswell Kilvington, Tom Salter said, “Since joining the firm in 2020, Prudence […]
What happened? The case involved a sub-contract for the provision of earthworks at a site in Liverpool. Payment disputes led to successive adjudications between the parties. In default of any payment or pay less notice, the first was a smash-and-grab […]
UPSTREAM INSOLVENCY: ISSUES FOR A SUBCONTRACTOR TO CONSIDER Subcontractors will clearly face difficulties as a result of the insolvency of a main contractor. Those engaged directly by the main contractor are likely to be owed money for subcontract works they […]
The court’s decision to enforce the Adjudicator’s award in a greater sum than that which had ostensibly been claimed on the face of the initial referral confirms the UK’s staunchly pro-adjudication stance. Challenges to the enforcement of adjudicators’ decisions rarely […]
“The team at Hawkswell Kilvington is first class with outstanding knowledge of the construction sector and an ability to provide excellent advice, which takes into account the legal and commercial position. They communicate well with the clients and understand the competing pressures they face”. – Legal 500
