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Chambers of Colin Edelman QC

QUEEN ELIZABETH BUILDING, TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 9BS, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7353 7534
Fax:
Fax 020 7353 5150
DX:
349 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.devereuxchambers.co.uk
Email:

Colin Edelman QC

Tel:
Work +44 20 7353 7534
Email:
Devereux (Chambers of Colin Edelman QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in insurance, reinsurance and professional negligence; recent reported cases include: Bedfordshire Police v Constable; Brit Syndicates v Grant Thornton; CGU v AstraZeneca; EL Trigger; Gater v Naftogaz; Mopani Copper v Millenium; Pearson Education v CPL; Teal v Aspen; Tesco v Constable.

Career

Called Middle Temple 1977; QC 1995; tenant Devereux Chambers since 1979; assistant recorder, 1993; recorder 1996; Deputy High Court Judge; head of chambers 2002; Bencher, Middle Temple; deputy chairman of Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund; a contributor to ‘Insurance Disputes’ (LLP); editor ‘The Law of Reinsurance’ (OUP); regular speaker at seminars on insurance and reinsurance topics.

Member

Commercial Bar Association; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.

Education

Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Elstree; Clare College, Cambridge (1976 MA).

Leisure

Walking, skiing, badminton, Luton Town FC.

Practice Areas

International commercial arbitration; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance

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