Ramsden, Peter

Contact: (Mobile) 082 557 9927 / (Email) ramsden@vodamail.co.za

Membership of Institutions / SocietiesMSAICE - 13056, 1988; ECSA - Pr Eng, 870506, 1987; SA Legal Practice Council - 55348, 2019; Practicing Advocate, 2005

Academic QualificationsBSc Eng (Civil), UCT, 1978; BCom, UNISA, 1985; MBL, UNISA, 2005; LLB, UNISA, 2005

Current Occupation Independent advocate, arbitrator, adjudicator and legal and financial consultant in the infrastructure field.

ADR Qualifications & Courses CompletedCourses on Alternative Dispute Resolution through UNITAR (United Nations Institute of Training and Research),

LocationPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Ramsden, Peter

Competent In These Forms of Contracts:

FIDIC, GCC, JBCC, NEC

Peter Ramsden is an Advocate of the High Court and a professional Civil Engineer.

Advocate Ramsden is the Author of The Law of Building and Engineering Contracts and Arbitration 6^th and 7^th editions, The Law of Arbitration 1^st and 2^nd editions, and A Guide to Intellectual Property Law all published by Juta Law.

He has completed courses on Negotiation of Financial Transactions and two Courses on Alternative Dispute Resolution through UNITAR (United Nations Institute of Training and Research); and has attended courses on GCC, JBCC, and NEC3 locally.

Peter Ramsden specialises in the contractual/legal and financial aspects of infrastructure projects and has consulted on projects in South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania (off-site), Lesotho, Namibia, Ethiopia and Uganda. His clients have included national government departments, public enterprises such as TCTA, Lesotho Highlands Water Commission, SANRAL, Eskom, municipalities and international funding agencies including World Bank, JICA, USAID, DANIDA, DFID, SIWI, ORASECOM and EU.

Currently serve on permanent DAB on two major +R1,6bn bridges;
Currently sole member of DAB of toll road system contract;
Currently negotiating protocol to infrastructure Treaty (Operations LHWP Ph II) and interpreting existing Treaty;
Various ad hoc construction law adjudications over past year. Currently three relating to a power station, two municipal;

One current arbitration regarding a building; Legal Counsel currently representing defendant in professional liability claims relating to a structure on behalf of insurance company.

Engineering Technical Expertise and Experience:

Contract law, water, roads, building structures and professional liability