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Antony Smith

Partner and Chairman

Antony is a Partner and the Chairman of Beale & Co, setting and monitoring the strategic direction of the business alongside the Senior Partner.

He also continues to work for clients in the insurance and construction sectors in the UK and internationally, where he is well known and widely recognised. His clients include professionals, contractors and insurers.

He specialises in disputes arising out of construction contracts and leads large-scale and large-value disputes and also has a practice in health and safety, having defended clients in health and safety prosecutions and advised them on site health and safety responsibilities.

Antony’s practice covers all forms of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitrations, adjudications and mediations in the UK and abroad.

His overseas experience includes advising on claims in Germany, Hong Kong, the Republic of Guinea, the Middle East and, more recently, in the successful defence of a US$80m claim for delay and disruption arising out of the construction of a power station in the Philippines. His notable UK engagements include high profile litigation arising out of the Hodder Clissold Leisure Centre, the Millennium Bridge and the train tunnel collapse at Gerrards Cross in 2005.

Antony is a regular speaker on dispute resolution and contributes regularly to journals on construction and professional negligence issues as well as Health and Safety law.

Antony is a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Antony is featured in Who’s Who Legal and has been named in Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession as a leading lawyer in construction industry professional indemnity work.

Outside of life at Beale & Co, Antony enjoys time with his family, rugby and triathlon.

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Education:

Liverpool University LLB

Admitted:

England and Wales 1983 Ireland 2002

Areas of Expertise

  • Professional indemnity
  • Disputes
  • International arbitration
  • Health and safety
  • Insurance

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Antony Smith is reassuringly in control of every moveLegal 500 UK 2023 - Contentious Construction
Antony is always very quick to understand the issues at hand and provides advice taking into account the commercial considerationsChambers UK 2023 - Contentious Construction
Antony Smith is a great lawyer - robust and canny in his approach but fair to deal with and clearly acts in the best interest of his clientsChambers UK 2023 - Insurance - Professional Negligence

Articles by this Author

  • UK Government still “committed to delivering” HS2, yet will “rephase construction” of Phase 2a by 2 years

    March 2023
    Antony Smith, Andrew Croft and Ben Couldrey
  • Building Liability Orders – Where are we now?

    March 2023
    Antony Smith and Emily Hunt
  • Global Vantage: US$126 million arbitration award set aside due to error of law on the face of the award

    March 2023
    Antony Smith and Cameron Baker

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