Claire Farrell

Claire is a Lecturer in Construction Law at LBU. Her specialism is teaching law to undergraduates and post-graduates on the international Construction Law and Dispute Resolution LLM/MSc research degree courses in the School for the Built Environment, Engineering and Computing.

A dynamic, flexible and hard-working legal professional of 20+ years' experience, Claire has advised on a broad range of major international and UK construction projects in the health, education, energy, transport and rail industries for both private and public sectors.

She began her legal career working in private practice in the City of London at one of the world's largest international law firms, where she stayed for five years before experiencing life as a commercial solicitor, in-house, at London Underground. Here she advised on major PFI and PPP infrastructure projects for a number of years before moving to moving to Balfour Beatty Construction where she spent the majority of her legal career, as a legal director, and advising at board level on all major issues including the successful resolution of many business-critical, high value commercial disputes involving litigation, adjudication, arbitration, and mediation.

Claire has sound knowledge of UK and European law and remains active in the field of legal consultancy work. She is a CEDR-accredited mediator and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and speaks and writes fluent French and Spanish. Claire's extensive industry experience allows her to bring what can be rather dry, legal concepts to life as she uses practical examples which make it easier to understand, analyse and apply the law to real life scenarios.

A qualified teacher who is passionate about teaching, learning and assessment, Claire equips her students with the tools to grasp difficult legal concepts, helps them to improve their academic writing skills and seeks to inspire a love for the fascinating and dynamic subject that is the law.