Lars Gladhaug
Call: 2018
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Practice Summary
Lars specialises in Keating’s core practice areas of construction & engineering, infrastructure, energy, international arbitration, and technology. He provides advice, drafting and representation at all stages of litigation and other dispute resolution processes. He joined Keating as a tenant in 2023 following completion of his pupillage.
Lars has recently been instructed:
As sole counsel in the High Court (TCC) to resist an application for specific disclosure by a main contractor.
As sole counsel in the TCC to seek enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision.
As part of the counsel team led by Simon Hughes KC in a £400m ICC arbitration concerning waste management infrastructure in Qatar.
As sole counsel to defend a claim against a main contractor in the High Court (TCC) concerning a new-build house warranty.
To advise an architectural practice in relation to novel duties owed by principal designers under the Building Regulations.
Lars was the winner of the Society for Construction Law’s 2022 SCL Hudson Prize, for his paper on recent developments in the law relating to building safety and the Defective Premises Act of 1972.
Before joining Keating, Lars worked as in-house counsel at a market-leading fintech startup based in London.
Practice Areas
Construction & Engineering
Appeared as sole counsel for a main contractor to resist an application for specific disclosure in the High Court (Birmingham TCC).
Instructed to appear at trial for the claimant telecoms provider in a breach of contract dispute in the Birmingham County Court.
Drafting the Defence for a housebuilder in a High Court (TCC) claim relating to a new-build house warranty.
Drafting Particulars of Claim on behalf of the claimant contractor in a dispute concerning non-payment for varied works.
Advising and drafting Particulars of Claim on behalf of the claimant homeowners in a dispute concerning defective works and the contractor’s failure to remove equipment following termination of contract.
Drafting Particulars of Claim on behalf of the claimant contractor in a dispute relating to sums owed on a re-valuation of renovation works.
Assisting with the Defence in a Part 8 claim concerning delay damages under an NEC3 engineering sub-contract.
Assisting with drafting Particulars of Claim on behalf of a building owner for breach of contract and negligence against a design and build contractor for installation of combustible cladding.
International Arbitration
Instructed as junior counsel to Simon Hughes KC in a £400m ICC arbitration concerning waste management infrastructure in Qatar.
Assisted on a high-value arbitration under LCIA rules.
Adjudication
Instructed as part of the counsel team led by Piers Stansfield KC in a multi-million-pound adjudication arising from a PFI contract in the healthcare sector.
Appeared as sole counsel for a sub-contractor in the County Court at Central London (TCC), successfully seeking enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision.
Acted as sole counsel for the main contractor in an adjudication concerning the delivery and installation of mechanical plant at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
Acted for the respondent homeowners in smash and grab and true value adjudications in relation to a final account dispute arising under a JCT Minor Works Building Contract.
Assisted with the trial of a Part 8 application seeking declaratory relief in relation to adjudications compromised by a creditors’ voluntary arrangement.
Bonds & Guarantees
Assisted with drafting Particulars of Claim in a Part 8 claim seeking declarations as to the validity of performance bonds issued in relation to housing developments.
Other Information
Education & Career
Professional Career
Pupil Barrister, Keating Chambers 2022-2023
Legal Counsel, Fnality International Limited 2019-2022
Education
The City Law School, Bar Professional Training Course 2017-2018
The City Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law 2016-2017
University of Oxford, MSt in US History 2015-2016
University of Cambridge, BA Hons in History 2011-2014
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Appointments & Awards
Lincoln College, University of Oxford, Kenneth Sewards-Shaw Scholarship 2015-2016
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, CPE/GDL Scholarship 2016-2017
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, Albion Richardson BPTC Award 2017-2018
Society for Construction Law, SCL Hudson Prize 1st Winner 2023