Oli Worth

I am a disputes lawyer with over fifteen years’ experience. As with everyone at Archor I focus solely on construction work – in my case, disputes.

Like most construction disputes lawyers, my bread and butter is adjudication work. This can be simple procedural issues, such as ‘smash and grab’ adjudications to recover payment quickly, or more complex disputes involving EOT, loss and expense, and defects. Increasingly I have dealt with multiple or concurrent adjudication – my current record for adjudications on a single project is eleven, although I’m sure that will be beaten before long.

I also have experience of bringing and defending court proceedings involving everything from the low thousands of pounds to £150m+, including complicated fire safety issues and multi-party claims. I have also been involved in bringing and responding to injunctive relief, arbitrations, expert determinations, mediations, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, and I advise clients ad hoc on issues which arise during the course of projects.

I typically act for main contractors or large sub-contractors, which often find themselves piggy-in-the-middle – chasing money upstream and facing claims from down the supply chain. But I am also familiar with acting for developers, consultants and private individuals in whatever capacity they might be involved in a construction project.

The two main legal directories have both noted me for many years, and provided some excellent feedback. Legal 500 2025 says that I am “a key partner who knows what is required to achieve the best results in litigation”, with “in-depth knowledge of complex adjudications”, while Chambers 2025 quotes a client that says my “level of detail and thoroughness is second to none”.

I am born and bred in Cambridge, and now head up Archor’s Cambridge office. I am an active member of the Society of Construction Law, the Technology and Construction Solicitors’ Association, and the Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry.

I keep a keen eye on developments in the construction world – both legal and commercial – and you will see my hand over Aggregate, our newsletter, of which I have grandly appointed myself editor-in-chief.