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Miss Camille Slow KC
Position
Camille’s practice covers a broad range of commercial matters with a particular focus on construction and professional negligence disputes. She is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution including domestic and international arbitration, DABs, expert determination, mediation, adjudication and the High Court. She undertakes work in numerous industry sectors and has particular experience of social housing, government and public services, transport, infrastructure and energy projects.
Her professional negligence experience is considerable in particular in matters with a construction context having often acted for, and against, architects, engineers, surveyors, project managers, planning professionals and multidisciplinary firms, amongst others.
She is frequently instructed by insurers, professionals, governments, local governments and government departments, small and large developers, and construction companies as well as private individuals, both domestically and internationally. Camille also has experience in a number of high-profile fraud and conspiracy cases in the Chancery Division and Commercial Court.
Camille also has an exceptional track record acting as sole counsel, having been retained in this capacity for many high-value, complex disputes both in the UK and overseas. She carries out a considerable amount of advocacy, regularly appearing in Court and Arbitrations, conducting trials and other hearings, and directories have noted that she can “can wipe the floor with silks” .
Career
Bristol University, LLB, 2001. Called to the Bar in 2002.
Memberships
Camille is a member of COMBAR, LCLCBA, TECBAR and the SCL.
Lawyer Rankings
Middle East: The English Bar > Construction
(Leading juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Camille Slow – Atkin Chambers ‘Responsiveness and attention to detail. Her advocacy work has been first rate.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Camille Slow KC –Atkin Chambers ‘Constructive approach and clear advice.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Camille Slow KC– Atkin Chambers ‘Camille gets into and understands the details of the case, in particular when it comes to complex matters. She is thus able to advocate from a position of understanding the details well and that shows and is impressive in her advocacy.’
Atkin Chambers boasts a well-respected ‘strong bench at various levels of counsel’, adept at resolving international arbitrations arising out of complex construction, energy, technology and infrastructure disputes across multiple jurisdictions. Instructions are frequently received in high-profile arbitrations in the Middle East, recent examples include Riaz Hussain KC, leading Marc Lixenberg, acting in a dispute regarding high rise commercial and residential towers in the UAE and experienced Camille Slow KCacting for a key Dubai developer. Slow also acted for the claimant in an interim application concerning the construction of a major road project in eastern Europe. Nicholas Collings is instructed on an ICC arbitration on behalf of the claimant design and build contractor for various claims relating to works to a highway in South America. The Panama Canal multi-billion-dollar dispute continues with Manus McMullan KC, Christopher Lewis KC and Peter Land.
London Bar > Construction
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Camille Slow KC– Atkin Chambers ‘Camille is outstanding. Her advice is commercial and sensible. Her advocacy is razor-sharp and nuanced. She is adept at dealing with clients as well as judges.’