Jennifer Charlson is qualified as a Chartered Engineer and Solicitor with an MBA. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Architecture and Built Environment School at the University of Wolverhampton. 

She is a Joint Co-ordinator of the CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction)  W113 Law and Dispute Resolution Working Commission and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ international journal: Management Procurement and Law.

Before moving into academia, Jennifer worked as a Senior Solicitor for Carillion plc having qualified as a solicitor in private practice.  She previously worked for the BBC as a Projects Engineer.  Her first degree is in Engineering Science from Oxford University. 

Jennifer is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Higher Education Academy. She specialises in researching and lecturing on construction and engineering law.  

• Construction and engineering law

• Master of Arts (University of Oxford)
• Master of Business Administration
• Chartered Engineer
• Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court

Textbook

• de Silva, C. and Charlson, J. (eds.) (2021) Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students. 7th ed. Abingdon: Routledge 

• Author of the following chapters: 
• Chapter 2 - The United Kingdom and the European Union
• Chapter 3 - Dispute resolution
• Chapter 7 - Special contracts
• Chapter 8 - Construction contracts
• Chapter 16 - Building Regulations 
• Chapter 17 - Environmental law 

Journal Papers

• Charlson J. (2021) "Design, manufacture and construct procurement model for volumetric offsite manufacturing in the UK housing sector" Construction Innovation (in press) 
• Charlson J. and Dickson R. (2021) "Covid-19 and Construction Law: Comparing the UK and Australian Response" The International Construction Law Review 38(1), pp.5-38
• Charlson J. (2021) "The Introduction of Brownfield Land Registers in England" Planning, Practice & Research 36(2), pp.216 - 229
• Charlson, J. (2021) "Briefing: Beyond Brexit: trade and procurement implications for the UK construction industry" (in press) 
• Charlson J. (2021) "Briefing: Brexit and UK Construction Law: past, present and future" Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management Procurement and Law 174(1) pp.3-6 

• Charlson, J. (2019) "Briefing: Interpreting contractors' mandated standard of design." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law 172(4), pp.142-145

• Charlson, J. (2018) "Regeneration of brownfield land: the environmental law challenges." Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 10(3), pp.202-218.

• Charlson, J. and Oduoza, C. (2016) “Construction industry legal risk identification for SMEs.” Construction Law Journal 32 (6), pp.630-643.

• Wall, R., Ankrah, N. and Charlson, J. (2016) “An investigation into the different styles of the lawyer and construction specialist when mediating construction disputes.” International Journal of Law in the Built Environment 8(2), pp. 137-160.

• Charlson, J. and Smalley J. (2015) “Expert Witness Update for 2014.” Construction Law Journal 31(4), pp.210 – 219

• McKenna L. and Charlson J. (2015) “The Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 versus Collateral Warranties in the UK Construction Industry.” Construction Law Journal 31(6), pp. 320-337

• Hetherton T. and Charlson, J. (2015) “When Statutes Collide: Potential Recovery of Own Party Adjudication Costs.” International Journal of Law in the Built Environment 7(3), pp. 214 – 230

• Charlson, J. (2014) “Law for engineering undergraduates on accredited courses.”  Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Management, Procurement and Law 167 (MP4), pp. 201–206.

• Charlson, J., Baldwin, R. and Harrison, J. (2014) “Early perceptions of allowing adjudication of oral contracts.” International Journal of Law in the Built Environment 6(3), pp. 233-249.

• Smalley J. and Charlson J. (2014) “A Critical Review of the Effective Use of Expert Witnesses in Construction Disputes.” Construction Law Journal 30 (5), pp. 268 – 285.

 Conference Papers

• Charlson, J. and Donovan, J.(2017), “The Environmental Law Challenges to the Regeneration of Brownfield Land”. In: Elkadi, H. and Ruddock, L. (Eds.), Proceedings of CIB 2017 International Research conference, 11-12 September, Salford, UK.

• Charlson J and Oduoza C (2014) Legal risk identification for SMEs in the construction industry In: Raiden, A B and Aboagye-Nimo, E (Eds) Procs 30th Annual ARCOM Conference, 1-3 September 2014, Portsmouth, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 507-515.

• Charlson J and Chinyio E (2013) A case study of joint procurement and provision of legal services to a group of  universities in the Midlands In Smith, S.D and Ahiaga-Dagbui, D.D. (Eds) Procs 29^th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2013, Reading, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 493-502.

• Charlson, J. (2012) Online Pedagogy for Construction Law in UK Higher Education. The Construction, Building and Real Estate Conference of the Royal Institution of the Chartered Surveyors. Held at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA by Arizona State University 11-13 September. London: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.