
About Yew Tree Plains
Yew Tree Plains was created in 2025 to provide specialist quantity surveying services and dispute resolution support to the construction industry.
At Yew Tree Plains, we understand construction because we have lived alongside it daily over many decades. First-hand knowledge of the financial, operational, and commercial pressures faced every day by Principal Contractors, Sub-Contractors and Clients alike, has been gained whilst fulfilling various Commercial Director roles within those organisations.
Our approach is pragmatic, commercially focused, and consultative. We specialise in identifying potential areas of concern early, shaping structured negotiation strategies, and delivering commercially sound, equitable outcomes that protect business interests while preserving relationships.
A combination of strategic thinking, robust commercial acumen and the legal knowledge of structured dispute resolution expertise can support our clients in navigating complexity with clarity and confidence.
Career responsibility for performance across a variety of market sectors, leading complex projects from pre-contract through to completion and beyond, has endorsed the belief in the need to balance contractual obligations, cost control, and stakeholder objectives at every stage.
Yew Tree Plains can offer the following to Employers, Main Contractors, Sub-Contractors and Consultants:

Strategic Commercial Leadership

Quantity Surveying Support

Dispute Resolution / Avoidance Advice

Expert Witness Report Writing Services
John P Grady FCIArb MRICS Dip Adj Yew Tree Plains Director

Qualifications
RICS Diploma in Quantity Surveying
RICS Diploma in Construction Adjudication
RICS Accredited Mediator
RICS Evaluative Mediator
RICS Registered Expert Witness
MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution – to complete 2026


Memberships
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors – MRICS
Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – FCIArb
Member of the Adjudication Society
Member of the Society of Construction Law
