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Index of tables
- Construction – Leading Sets
- Construction – Leading Silks
- Construction – New Silks
- Construction – Leading Juniors
Construction – Leading Sets
Construction – Leading Silks
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- Nicholas Baatz QC Atkin Chambers
- Andrew Bartlett QC Crown Office Chambers
- Paul Darling QC Keating Chambers
- Stephen Dennison QC Atkin Chambers
- Nicholas Dennys QC Atkin Chambers
- Richard Fernyhough QC Keating Chambers
- Stephen Furst QC Keating Chambers
- John Marrin QC Keating Chambers
- Roger Stewart QC Four New Square
- Roger ter Haar QC Crown Office Chambers
- Andrew White QC Atkin Chambers
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- Stephanie Barwise QC Atkin Chambers
- Philip Boulding QC Keating Chambers
- Martin Bowdery QC Atkin Chambers
- Tim Elliott QC Keating Chambers
- David Friedman QC 4 Pump Court
- Andrew Goddard QC Atkin Chambers
- Jeremy Nicholson QC 4 Pump Court
- Alexander Nissen QC Keating Chambers
- Finola O’Farrell QC Keating Chambers
- Adrian Williamson QC Keating Chambers
- Richard Wilmot-Smith QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
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- Michael Black QC XXIV Old Buildings
- David Blunt QC 4 Pump Court
- Michael Bowsher QC Monckton Chambers
- Sean Brannigan QC 4 Pump Court
- Jonathan Acton Davis QC Atkin Chambers
- Adrian Hughes QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Rosemary Jackson QC Keating Chambers
- Ian Pennicott QC Keating Chambers
- David Sears QC Four New Square
- John Tackaberry QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- David Thomas QC Keating Chambers
- John Uff QC Keating Chambers
- Nicholas Vineall QC 4 Pump Court
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- James Cross QC 4 Pump Court
- Michael Curtis QC Crown Office Chambers
- Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC Atkin Chambers
- Justin Fenwick QC Four New Square
- Peter Fraser QC Atkin Chambers
- Sarah Hannaford QC Keating Chambers
- Richard Harding QC Keating Chambers
- Simon Hargreaves QC Keating Chambers
- Nerys Jefford QC Keating Chambers
- Nigel Jones QC Hardwicke
- Simon Lofthouse QC Atkin Chambers
- Charles Manzoni QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Duncan McCall QC 4 Pump Court
- Manus McMullan QC Atkin Chambers
- Ben Patten QC Four New Square
- Mark Raeside QC Atkin Chambers
- Andrew Rigney QC Crown Office Chambers
- Michael Soole QC Four New Square
- Anthony Speaight QC 4 Pump Court
- Christopher Thomas QC Keating Chambers
- Sean Wilken QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
Construction – New Silks
Construction – Leading Juniors
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- Andrew Burr Atkin Chambers
- Cyril Chern Crown Office Chambers
- Patrick Clarke Atkin Chambers
- Alexander Hickey 4 Pump Court
- Jane Lemon Keating Chambers
- Christopher Lewis Atkin Chambers
- Benjamin Pilling 4 Pump Court
- Dominique Rawley Atkin Chambers
- Fiona Sinclair Four New Square
- Steven Walker Atkin Chambers
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- Robert Clay Atkin Chambers
- Steven Coles Crown Office Chambers
- Peter Collie No5 Chambers
- Kim Franklin Crown Office Chambers
- Kate Grange Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Anna Laney Crown Office Chambers
- James Leabeater 4 Pump Court
- Jonathan Lee Keating Chambers
- Lynne McCafferty 4 Pump Court
- Andrew Phillips Crown Office Chambers
- Jonathan Selby Keating Chambers
- Piers Stansfield Keating Chambers
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- James Bowling 4 Pump Court
- Paul Buckingham Keating Chambers
- Gaynor Chambers Keating Chambers
- Serena Cheng Atkin Chambers
- Mark Chennells Atkin Chambers
- Nicholas Collings Atkin Chambers
- Jess Connors Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Richard Coplin Keating Chambers
- Robert Evans Keating Chambers
- Julian Field Crown Office Chambers
- Lucy Garrett Keating Chambers
- Karim Ghaly Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Jennie Gillies 4 Pump Court
- William Godwin 3 Hare Court
- Karen Gough Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Abdul Jinadu Keating Chambers
- Stuart Kennedy 3PB
- Jonathan Lewis 4 Pump Court
- Kate Livesey 4 Pump Court
- Fionnuala McCredie Keating Chambers
- James Medd Crown Office Chambers
- Justin Mort Keating Chambers
- David Pliener Hardwicke
- Ben Quiney Crown Office Chambers
- Adam Robb Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Darryl Royce Atkin Chambers
- Annabel Shaw Four New Square
- Marion Smith Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Jessica Stephens Keating Chambers
- Paul Sutherland Four New Square
- Samuel Townend Keating Chambers
Atkin Chambers offers a ‘thoroughly professional service, where the clerks do their best to facilitate speedy access to some of the finest minds at the construction Bar’. David Streatfeild-James QC is a ‘heavyweight specialist in the field’. Nicholas Dennys QC is ‘one of the most practical and pragmatic lawyers out there’. Andrew White QC delivers ‘superb turnaround times’. ‘A rising star silk’, Peter Fraser QC has ‘excellent cross-examination skills and gets exactly what he needs out of a witness’. Manus McMullan QC is ‘very clever, commercially minded and very easy to work with’, and the ‘friendly and inclusive’ Fiona Parkin QC took silk in 2011. Top juniors include the ‘very bright and approachable’ James Howells, and the ‘phenomenally intellectual’ Christopher Lewis, who is ‘gifted at understanding the complications of a technical subject matter’. Mark Chennells has ‘an excellent eye for detail and grasps the most difficult cases easily’.
‘Premier construction set’ Keating Chambers remains ‘streets ahead of its competitors’, and its clerks are ‘approachable, realistic and offer an unrivalled service’. ‘Fearless on his feet’, Marcus Taverner QC is ‘quite simply the best construction barrister around’. Paul Darling QC is ‘creatively aggressive and stunning in cross-examination’. Stephen Furst QC has ‘superb ability to get to grips with technical issues and translate complicated concepts into simple matters’. New silks Adam Constable QC (‘a real star, who will no doubt become an outstanding QC’); Simon Hughes QC (who ‘works with you every step of the way’); and Vincent Moran QC (‘a breath of fresh air, who gives bullish, no-nonsense advice’) are all highly regarded. Among the juniors, Marc Rowlands is appreciated for his ‘tenacity and technical expertise’, Jonathan Selby has ‘an excellent way with clients’, and Piers Stansfield gives ‘spot-on advice and is very willing to roll up his sleeves to get the job done’.
Crown Office Chambers has ‘a wide range of experience’ and delivers ‘technically strong and practical advice’ to its clients. The ‘first-class’ Andrew Bartlett QC has ‘phenomenal intellect’, and ‘works formidably hard but remains calm and extremely approachable at all times’. Roger ter Haar QC is ‘a silent assassin in court’, and Andrew Rigney QC, who took silk in 2010, is also highly regarded. At junior level, Cyril Chern (of ‘the highest calibre’) and the ‘excellent’ Anna Laney are well-respected barristers. Jane Davies retired in 2011.
Thirty Nine Essex Street is ‘an excellent set for construction law, where the clerks will work tirelessly to assist and make things happen’. ‘An excellent choice for any litigation team’, Stuart Catchpole QC is ‘exceptionally talented and masterful in his contractual analysis’; and Richard Wilmot-Smith QC ‘seems at home in the senior courts and is exceptionally gifted at dealing with complex arguments in the most challenging of forums’. Of the juniors, Kate Grange is ‘tenacious and thorough’, Karen Gough has a ‘hands-on approach’, and Karim Ghaly is ‘a star of the future, with a very impressive understanding of complex issues’.
4 Pump Court is adept at handling construction-related professional negligence and insurance cases. ‘The chambers is down-to-earth, friendly and extremely able; you cannot ask for much more than that.’ Of the silks, David Friedman QC has an ‘excellent analytical brain’, and Jeremy Nicholson QC is highly recommended. Nicholas Vineall QC is well versed in the areas of engineering, offshore construction, shipbuilding and process plants; he is ‘easy to work with and organised, and an excellent advocate’. Also recommended are Rachel Ansell (‘very hardworking’); Simon Henderson (‘technically very strong and quick to get to grips with a case’); and Alexander Hickey (‘proactive and very good on his feet’).
At Four New Square, Roger Stewart QC has ‘a knack of getting to the crux of issues quickly’, and Ben Patten QC is ‘bright, hardworking and good with clients’. In 2010, it welcomed the arrival of the ‘very strong’ David Sears QC from Atkin Chambers.
Also recommended are: the ‘good-humoured and courteous’ Michael Black QC of XXIV Old Buildings; Michael Bowsher QC of Monckton Chambers (‘excellent with clients and very much at ease in the courtroom’); 3 Hare Court’s William Godwin, who has ‘good attention to detail’; Stuart Kennedy at 3PB, who is ‘extremely pleasant to work with and puts himself out for clients’; and, at Hardwicke, Nigel Jones QC, who ‘goes the extra mile’, and the ‘approachable’ David Pliener.