This Article was published in Contract Journal, 27 February 2008, page 52. Peter is the Managing Director of P J English Associates Ltd, one of our Associate Members.

Job's a good'un

I'm thinking of changing my job as i've just seen the dream place to be working..... a dispute resolution firm called PJ English Associates.

Why would I attempt a leap in that direction? Because they get stuck into the champagne every time they win a case, that's why.

Boss Peter English was telling me that he got back in the other day with a couple of bottles. The entire team of eight were there, so they downed it in fine style.

"What happens if you get back and there's no-one else there. Do you still celerbrate?" I asked him. "Yes it has happened and I drank it on my own." I think I like the sound of this guy.

We're talking new territory here, this dispute resolution stuff, so I asked Peter the size of the biggest win - a dispute over a pipeline construction project in Kazakhstan worth £18.6m to his client.

Champagne must have absolutely gushed after that win? Er, yes. Aparently, he returned with a pair of jeroboams to sink. I already know what you're going to ask: was this the occasion when he was in the office on his own? The answer is no.

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