Sheena Sood#11187

Sheena Sood

Senior Partner, Beale & Co
Sheena has 30 years’ experience advising clients on a diverse range of construction and professional negligence claims advising contractors, engineers, architects, health and safety professionals and other construction disciplines on all manner of contentious and potentially contentious issues.

Sheena has advised and represented numerous clients and their insurers in relation to civil claims both advancing claims for construction industry clients through the most effective means and defending claims brought against them; conducting early risk assessments for clients to understand the merits of their position and achieve results which takes into account those risks and the need for a proportionate approach to costs. Her work is across all sectors of the construction industry, and she has a thorough understanding of the issues of importance.

Sheena has also advised and represented numerous clients in health and safety matters in the construction and related industries, whether arising from fatalities and accidents on site or involving broader issues.
Sheena is admitted to practice in Ireland and also admitted in Northern Ireland. She has represented client in these jurisdictions in the fields of construction disputes and health and safety.

Sheena is a regular contributing author to Building and Infrastructure Intelligence Magazine and a speaker at construction conferences. She works with industry bodies such as the ACE, FIDIC, IStructE and CIBSE.
Contributed to

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Building Safety Act 2022—role and impact of the Building Safety Regulator
Building Safety Act 2022—role and impact of the Building Safety Regulator
Practice Notes

This Practice Note looks at the role of the Building Safety Regulator and its impact on the construction industry, including in its capacity as building control authority in respect of higher-risk building works and its duty to encourage competence in the built environment industry.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1992

Membership

  • Society of Construction Law
  • Health and Safety Lawyers Association

Qualifications

  • CEDR Qualified Mediator
  • Admitted in Northern Ireland (not practising) (2002)
  • Admitted in England and Wales (1992)
  • Admitted in Ireland (2022)

Education

  • Brunel University

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