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Mr Dalton Hale
Position
Dalton has been described by clients as “knowledgeable, thorough, proactive and original in approach” and “an effective advocate” with “great attention to detail”. He has a broad practice covering all areas of Chambers’ work, including construction, engineering, infrastructure, energy and utilities and technology. He frequently acts as sole counsel, as well as junior counsel as part of larger teams.
He has represented and advised clients both domestically and internationally and has been instructed on various high-value and technically complex disputes, as well as a number of smaller matters. He has experience at all stages of litigation, arbitration and adjudication.
Dalton has recently been led in multiple high value arbitrations including a delay and termination dispute concerning a major infrastructure (rail) project in the Middle East and a delay and disruption dispute in respect of a large domestic biomass power station. He also acts as junior counsel to the largest group of bereaved families, survivors and former residents in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
Memberships
Dalton is a member of TECBAR, COMBAR and the Society of Construction Law (SCL).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Dalton Hale – Atkin Chambers ‘An extremely able lawyer who is able to deliver his advice clearly and with an eye to the wider commercial aspects of a dispute.’
With ‘unrivalled experience in construction and engineering matters’, Atkin Chambers boasts ‘deep bench strength’, and continues to handle major international projects and domestic infrastructure and fire safety matters. In the international arena, Christopher Lewis KC and Manus McMullan KC continue to represent the Panama Canal Authority in disputes arising from the Third Set of Locks project. In addition to the set’s experience in international arbitration, Andrew Fenn is currently acting for the claimant in Carillion plc v KPMG LLP & Anor, a large audit negligence case concerning the collapse of the construction contractor. On the domestic side, Dominique Rawley KC, Simon Lofthouse KC, and Jennifer Jones KC are instructed on a high-value structural defects claim in the healthcare sector, while Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC is leading on Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust v Hadfield Healthcare Partnership Limited, a multimillion PFI dispute relating to fire safety in a hospital. Stephanie Barwise KC and Dalton Hale continued to represent a group of core participants in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. Camille Slow KC took silk in March 2024.