Amanda Savage > 4 New Square Chambers > London, England > Lawyer Profile
4 New Square Offices
4 New Square
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3RJ
England
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Amanda Savage
Position
Practises across the range of chambers work, including commercial litigation and professional negligence, with a particular emphasis on cases involving barristers and solicitors, financial professionals and valuers. Increasing experience of insurance disputes. Reported cases include: Milton Furniture Ltd v Brit Insurance Ltd [2014] EWHC 965 (QB), Greene Wood McLean LLP (in administration) v Templeton Insurance Ltd [2010] EWHC 2679 (Comm), Patel v Air India Ltd and Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 443, Williams v Thompson Leatherdale [2008] EWHC 2574 (2009) PNLR 15, Taylor v Crotty [2006] EWCA Civ 1364; Daniels v Thompson [2004] EWCA Civ 307, (2004) PLNR 33; London Fire and Emergency Authority v Meritor and Renault [2003] EWHC 2411 (TCC) and Brown v Bennett [2001] 1 WLR 713.
Career
Qualified 1999; called to the Bar 2000 on completion of pupillage; Middle Temple; research assistant at Law Commission (full-time) 1997-98; part-time tutor in Law, UCL 1998-99; part-time judicial assistant, Court of Appeal October-December 2000.
Languages
Basic French.
Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association, COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association.
Education
The Ecclesbourne School, Derbyshire; King’s College, London (1996 LLB Hons); Worcester College, Oxford (1997 BCL).
Leisure
Spending time with young family, music.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Amanda Savage KC – 4 New Square ‘Amanda has particular insight into the workings of the Bar Tribunal. She is very good with clients under stress, combining a sensitive, caring style with a realistic and thoughtful approach to the issues.‘
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Amanda Savage KC –4 New Square ‘Amanda is great. Very easy to work with. She has a great manner and is good at getting to the heart of a matter. Good at judging the overall merit of a matter and cutting through the dross. Excellent at defending wasted costs claims in particular.’