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Mr Stuart Catchpole KC KC

Position
Stuart Catchpole KC is recognised as one of the leading advocates at the modern Bar, both internationally and in the UK. He has been consistently identified in the domestic and international legal directories as one of the best dispute lawyers in a variety of different fields including energy & natural resources, international commercial arbitration, construction & engineering, insurance and professional negligence. He is a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Notre Dame University, Sydney, Australia.
Career
Called, Inner Temple: 1987
Queen’s Counsel: 2002
Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration: 2020
Adjunct Professor of Law, Notre Dame University, Sydney, Australia: 2020
Visiting Fellow, Durham Law School, The University of Durham: 2021
Stuart is a CEDR-qualified mediator and a TecBar qualified adjudicator.
Memberships
The Administrative Law Bar Association
The International Bar Association
The London Commercial & Common Law Bar Association
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
The LCIA
The Technology & Construction Bar Association
The Commercial Bar Association
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
(Leading counsel as arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 2Stuart Catchpole KC – Atkin Chambers ‘Stuart is an excellent chair. He is industrious and very user friendly both with his co-arbitrators and with the parties. The parties will always have a fair hearing. His contribution to the awards is always excellent. He is a very well respected and intelligent construction lawyer.’
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Stuart Catchpole KC – Atkin Chambers ‘Stuart is flawless. His meticulous attention to detail, impeccable command of the evidence, and incisive cross examination makes him a force to be reckoned with.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Stuart Catchpole KC –Atkin Chambers ‘Stuart’s meticulous attention to detail, impeccable command of evidence and incisive cross-examination make him a force to be reckoned with.’
Regional International Arbitration – The Bar > Construction, energy and infrastructure
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Stuart Catchpole KC – Atkin Chambers ‘He is a lateral thinker and an extremely hard worker.’
Atkin Chambers is ‘well known as a strong chambers for construction cases‘, with an excellent reputation for its ‘substantial strength and depth in construction disputes‘. Serena Cheng KC has established strength in handling complex infrastructure, energy and engineering disputes, often for clients based across Asia-Pacific. Stuart Catchpole KC is ‘an extremely effective cross examiner‘, and head of chambers Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC counts complex disputes arising from LNG and oil field projects located in Asia as a core pillar of her practice. Shourav Lahiri is sought after for his solid track record in handling complex international construction arbitrations.
Middle East: The English Bar > Construction
(Leading silks)Ranked: Tier 1Stuart Catchpole KC – Atkin Chambers ‘Very hard working, always in command of the documents, and specialist technical issues. Exceptional cross-examiner.’
Atkin Chambers has ‘vast experience and remarkable knowledge in international arbitration in construction disputes’ and is seen as the ‘go-to’ set for construction, energy and infrastructure matters across the Middle East. Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC and Simon Lofthouse KC continue to excel in disputes and arbitrations arising out of large construction projects across the Gulf, while Stuart Catchpole KC’s broad practice includes energy and natural resources, insurance and professional negligence disputes. Junior members of the set include Zulfikar Khayum, whose strong arbitration practice includes numerous complex construction disputes in the DIAC and ICC, Rónán Hanna, who has experience in transport and oil pipeline disputes and Samar Abbas Kazmi, who has recently been active on disputes relating to mixed-use commercial developments and luxury resorts. Recently promoted silk Camille Slow KC continues to handle power plant and desalination project disputes.