In this Expert Spotlight session, Rose Campbell, Director of Services at CEERISK, interviews electrical engineering expert Mamoon Alyah on disputes arising from the availability and resilience of power supply. The discussion is built around real cases he has been instructed on, examining how each dispute arose, what went wrong technically, and how expert evidence helped resolve it.
On infrastructure projects, specifications and performance criteria are agreed in contract before work begins. These cover power supply availability, up-time, power quality, and resilience, alongside warranties and performance guarantees. Regulations sit alongside those contract terms and govern further aspects of the design. As with all contracts and regulations, disputes arise when parties disagree on how warranties, performance guarantees, and technical requirements should be interpreted, and when technical problems emerge in service.
Webinar Details
Overview
Rose Campbell interviews Mamoon Alyah on how disputes arise over the availability and resilience of power supply. The discussion covers what resilience means in engineering and contractual terms, why an area governed by both regulation and detailed specification still produces disagreement, and how those disputes look from the position of the instructed expert.
Format: Live Webinar
Duration: 60 minutes (Including Q&A)
Host: Rose Campbell
Speaker: Mamoon Alyah
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Session 1 – Live: Tuesday, 15th September, 11:00 BST
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Session 2 – Pre-Recorded: Wednesday, 16th September, 8:00 BST
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What We Will Cover
- Resilience of Power Supply What resilience and availability mean in practice, and how they are specified on infrastructure and building projects.
- Where Disputes Arise A broad view of the types of dispute that develop around power supply availability, from contract interpretation to technical failure.
- The Regulatory Picture The regulations and guidance that sit alongside contract terms, and where they leave room for interpretation.
- Case Discussion: Healthcare A dispute over power supply to diagnostic imaging equipment in a hospital, and the design guidance at issue.
- Case Discussion: Wastewater Treatment A power failure during severe flooding, and what it revealed about system adequacy and backup provision.
- Recurring Themes Up-time guarantees, force majeure, battery storage and renewable integration, and cyber and SCADA exposure.
- The Expert's Role What investigating these matters involves, and what instructing lawyers should know about it.
Learning Objectives
- What resilience and availability of power supply actually mean
- How contract terms and warranties give rise to disputes
- Where regulations leave room for interpretation
- How the cause of an electrical failure is established
- What lawyers should know before instructing an expert
Speakers
Mamoon Alyah PE, CEng, IRMCert, MBA
Managing Director, Principal Engineer
Mamoon Alyah is the founder and Managing Director of CEERISK Consulting Ltd, bringing more than 35 years of experience across electrical engineering, forensic investigation, and risk consulting. A UK Chartered Engineer, US Professional Engineer, and Certified Risk Management Professional with an MBA, he has directed complex investigations and risk engineering engagements across multiple jurisdictions, delivering independent analysis for legal teams, industrial operators, and insurers on major equipment failures, fire incidents, and process-related incidents.
Rose Campbell IRMCert
Director of Services
Rose Campbell is Director of Services at CEERISK Consulting Ltd, based in the London office, and has worked with the firm since 2017. She is responsible for planning and delivering engineering services for clients worldwide, and is the point of contact from first enquiry onwards, identifying what a client needs and matching the instruction to the right expert by discipline and experience. She has coordinated delivery on forensic investigations, expert witness instructions, and risk management projects across construction, manufacturing, power generation and distribution, and commercial property. A certified IRM practitioner, she has carried out risk assessments in her own right across those sectors and assessed risk management programmes as part of building condition assessments for university and government estates.
