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Mr Patrick Clarke
Position
Patrick’s specialist practice principally concerns fighting claims that involve complex technical or factual subject matter, in particular concerning construction, engineering of all kinds and IT or computing and communications disputes. He is regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in his field, recommended by the legal directories as a leading junior in construction and IT disputes, noted to be an outstanding advocate and expert cross-examiner.
He has broad experience of all methods of dispute resolution with expertise in the High Court in England as well as international arbitration, mediation and adjudication. The last few years have been marked by acting on, and appearing in, a series of large high-value arbitrations involving computer-related, oil and gas and infrastructure projects. Patrick’s international practice has recently been focused on the Gulf and Central Asia and he has acted in arbitrations in the Far East and the Americas.
Praised as being down to earth and a good communicator, Patrick’s client base is drawn from all sectors including contractors, specialist consultants, private individuals, national and local government departments, and commercial employers. The subject matter of his work ranges from private dwellings and local authority highways disputes to stadiums, drilling rigs and specialist shipbuilding and from disputes concerned with moving a single website based business to a different provider to disputes concerned with nationwide roll-out of hardware and software for a national government department.
Career
Qualified 1997; Grays Inn.
Memberships
Patrick is a member of TECBAR, COMBAR and the SCL.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Patrick Clarke – Atkin Chambers ‘Patrick has excellent analytical skills which inform the basis of a solid strategic posture in litigation. Vast technical experience. Committed to being a proactive team player with his sleeves rolled up.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 6London Bar > Energy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Patrick Clarke – Atkin Chambers ‘A junior who demonstrates a good handle on a long and detailed factual case history involving complex technical data. He is unafraid of being firm with clients.’
London Bar > IT and telecoms: projects and services
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Patrick Clarke –Atkin Chambers ‘Patrick is a pleasure to work with. He sees the issues clearly, is unflappable and is loved by clients. He also has a real depth of expertise and experience in IT disputes.’
Atkin Chambers provides a deep bench of IT expertise at both silk and junior level, with considerable experience advising on disputes centred around a broad range of issues, including alleged negligence, project management and procurement and implementation failures. James Howells KC and Patrick Clarke appeared on opposite sides of Capita v IBm UK v Kyndryl UK Ltd, a dispute concerning the proper construction of a complex IT services contract and the subcontracting of certain IT-related services. Clarke, who has a strong reputation for his ‘real depth of expertise and experience in IT disputes’, also acted for the US tech giant TII in respect of a claim relating to the supply and performance of telecoms connection hardware installed across the BT Openreach Network.