Consultancy Services

JPA offer a complete range of architectural and consultancy services, from pre-design advice, feasibility and brief preparation to delivery of the project on site, for new build, refurbishment and extension projects.

The provision of consultancy services has been part of the Practice’s work since its establishment in 1979. We have been, and are, engaged in many aspects of the design and construction of buildings, from the smallest components to the most complex construction technologies. We have assisted product manufacturers in the development and marketing of new and existing components and systems; advised government departments upon design guidance for external consultants; and, have been involved with various test programmes to develop new products and product applications, including product development of innovative walling and cladding materials.

We continue to act as Expert Witness in construction disputes throughout the UK. We prepare detailed appraisals of causes of failure with recommendations for remedial works, including cost estimates. We also consider and advise upon allegations of negligence by consultants, and in connection with adaptations to property consequent upon personal injury claims, particularly those arising from road traffic accidents.

We have experience in the giving of evidence in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) having attended the TCC in London and Liverpool and have also been instructed as Single Joint Experts. We are instructed by solicitors, insurers, loss adjustors, building owners, contractors, consultants, and also private individuals. Please see link below for previous list of instructions.

As part of our litigation and dispute resolution work, we are involved in investigating the causes of failure in buildings. We frequently open up buildings to identify and record the cause, extent, and nature of the defects. We can investigate buildings of any size and complexity and prepare expert reports, as well as develop schemes of remedial works.

Received instructions

We have taken instruction from solicitors, insurers, loss adjustors, legal departments, building owners, contractors and other consultants. Since 1979 we have received instructions from the following:

2026 - DWF LLP, London.
2026 - Sintons LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2025 - Prettys Solicitors LLP, Ipswich.
2025 - Beale & Co LLP, London.
2025 - Edwin Coe LLP, London.
2024 - DAC Beachcroft, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2024 - Tollers LLP, Northampton.
2024 - Keystone Law, London.
2024 - Kennedys Law LLP, London.
2024 – FBC Manby Bowdler Solicitors, Shrewsbury.
2023 – Sheridan Gold LLP, Surrey.
2023 – Caytons Law, London.
2023 – NPLaw, Norwich.
2022 – Caytons Law, London.
2022 – Hawkswell Kilvington Ltd. (Leeds).
2022 – Sintons LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2022 – Hay & Kilner LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2021 – Hickman Construction Law Ltd. (Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
2021 – Hawkswell Kilvington Ltd. (Wakefield)
2021 – Sintons LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2020 – Motorcycle Law Scotland, Edinburgh.
2020 – Kennedys LLP, London.
2020 – Hawkswell Kilvington Ltd. (Wakefield).
2019 – Caytons Law, London.
2018 – DAC Beachcroft, Scotland LLP.
2018 – Hawkswell Kilvington Ltd. (Wakefield).
2017 – DAC Beachcroft Solicitors, Leeds
2017 – DAC Beachcroft Solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne
2017 – Caytons Law, London.
2017 – Chandler Harris, Manchester (SJE).
2017 – Platt & Fishwick Solicitors, Wigan (SJE).
2016 – DAC Beachcroft Scotland LLP.
2016 – Hawkswell Kilvington Ltd. (Wakefield).
2016 – Davies Blunden & Evans (Yateley, Hampshire).
2016 – Travelers Insurance Co. Ltd. (Manchester).
2016 – Mills & Reeve LLP (Manchester).
2015 – Freshfields (London).
2015 – BLM Law (Manchester).
2015 – Mason Baggott & Garton (SJE).
2015 – Bridge McFarland (SJE).
2015 – Watson Burton (Newcastle & Leeds).
2014 – DAC Beachcroft Solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2013 – Williamsons Solicitors, Whitley Bay/Hexham.
2013 – Charles Russell LLP, London/Guildford.
2013 – Watson Burton, Newcastle / Hiscox Underwriting Ltd, Colchester.
2012 – Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, London.
2012 – Cunningham Lindsey International, London.
2012 – pgslaw, South Shields.
2012 – Neil F Smith. Solicitor Advocate, Edinburgh.
2012 – Connell Associates, Liverpool (SJE).
2012 – Ellisons, Colchester (SJE).
2012 – Hay & Kilner Solicitors, Newcastle.
2011 – Bendles, Carlisle.
2010 – HCCI, Cardiff.

1979-2009 Archive of previous instructions

2009 Rogers & Norton, Norwich.
2008 Weightmans, Liverpool
2008 Fishburns Solicitors, London
2008 Fishburns Solicitors, London
2008 Simmons & Simmons, London
2008 Ford & Warren, Leeds (SJE)
2008 Cayton & Co, London
2008 Cayton & Co, London (SJE)
2008 DWF Limited, Liverpool
2007 Brabners Chaffe Street, Liverpool.
2006 Fisher Jones Greenwood, Colchester
2006 Beachcroft Wansbroughs, Leeds
2006 Beachcroft Wansbroughs, Birmingham
2004 Weightmans, Manchester
2004 Hugh James, Cardiff
2002 Linklaters
2002 Norcliffe & Co, Huddersfield
2001 Brockbank, Tyson & Company, Whitehaven
2001 & 2008 Patterson, Glenton & Stracey, South Shields
2000 Thring Townsend, Bristol and Swindon
2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 Fishburns, London
1999 Sinton & Co, Newcastle
1999 Swallow Group plc, Legal Department, Newcastle
1999 Alderson Dodds, Blyth, Northumberland
1998 Masons, London
1997 Williams Davies Meltzer, London
1997 Sharpe Pritchard (on behalf of Sunderland City Council), London
1996 Hewitts, Bishop Auckland, County Durham
1991 & 1996 Deas Mallen Souter, Newcastle
1995 Benson Burdekin/Flint & Co, Sheffield
1995 Browne Jacobson, London
1994 Eaton Smith & Downey, Huddersfield
1994 Linsley & Mortimer, Newcastle
1993 Robert Muckle, Newcastle
1993 Dickinson Dees, Newcastle
1993 Hammond Suddards, Manchester and Leeds
1992, 1993 & 1996 Dibb Lupton Broomhead, Sheffield and Leeds
1983, 1984, 1985, 1988,
1992 Richmonds, Newcastle
1992 Ingledew Bottrell (now Eversheds), Newcastle
1992 Portnell Ward & Rose, Hexham, Northumberland
1992 Carrick Carr & Wright, Hull
1991, 1992 & 1996 Vaux Group plc, Sunderland
1991 Darlington Borough Council Legal Department
1991 Geoffrey Lurie Solicitors, Newcastle
1991 & 1992 Alastair Thompson & Partners, London
1991 Hayton Winkley, Kendal
1991 Pritchard Englefield & Tobin, London
1990 Jacksons, Middlesbrough
1990 John Foley & Co, Newcastle
1990 Richard Reed & Co, Sunderland
1990 MacRoberts, Glasgow
1989 Freedman & Co, London
1989 & 2000 Hay & Kilner, Newcastle
1989 Slater, Smith, Sherwood-Smith & Co, Sunderland
1988 Pepperell, Machin & Williamson, Scunthorpe
1988 Mark, Gilbert, Morse, Newcastle
1988 (2) Mallen & Walton, Newcastle
1988, 1990, 1993 Watson Burton, Newcastle
1986, 1993 David Gray & Co, Newcastle
1986 Samuel Phillips & Co, Newcastle
1986 Wilkinson Maughan (now Eversheds), Newcastle
1985 Basil P Mellon & Co, Gateshead
1984 Stephenson Harwood, London
1984 Michael C Short & Co, Newcastle
1983, 1988, 1989 Elliott & Co, Manchester
1982, 1990 Kennedys, Sheffield

Consultants from whom we have taken instructions

Building owners, contractors, manufacturers and other consultants from whom we have taken instructions include:

STP Construction Ltd.
Gypcraft Drylining Contractors Ltd / Cap X Solutions Ltd.
Ballast Nedam
Great Yarmouth Borough Council.
Winslow Court Landlord Association Ltd.
Meldrum Construction Services Ltd.
Hodgson Sayers Ltd, Co. Durham.
DPL Fabrications Ltd, Wirral.
Everlast Group Ltd, Leeds.
Noel Wright Architects Ltd.
Shepherd Construction Ltd.
Jones Brothers (Flat Roofing) Ltd.
Kier Construction (Southern) Ltd.
Meldrum Construction Services Ltd.
Solehawk Ltd.
Breyer Group PLC.
CW Davis Ltd, Northumberland.
Kier Construction Ltd.
G Grigg & Sons Ltd, Musselburgh.
Bellway Homes.
HCC International Insurance plc.
Elite Structures Ltd.
Michael A H Highton RIBA
Tynedale District Council
Newcastle City Council
Kier Northern
William Sapcote and Sons, Birmingham
Kirklees Council, Huddersfield
Durham County Council
DuPont de Nemours
The Cheltenham Ladies' College
Durastic Ltd
A & E Wright, Architects, Belfast
Mowlem plc
National Glass Centre
Sedgefield Steeplechase Co Ltd
Westfield Contributory Health Scheme, Sheffield
Cheviot and Wansbeck NH Trust
Tolent Construction
Sir Robert McAlpine
Amec
Costain Dow Mac
Miller Group
Tyne and Wear Development Corporation
Sunderland Borough Council
Dow Chemical Co Ltd
Tees Valley Development Corporation
Tarmac plc

In addition we regularly act upon instruction from private clients and building owners throughout the UK in connection with building disputes concerning residential properties.

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