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Crispin Winser KC KC
Position
Queen’s Counsel specialising in construction, engineering, energy, insurance, professional liability and general commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution both in the UK and internationally.
Extensive experience of handling factually, technically and legally complex and high value disputes.
Appeared in numerous arbitrations. Reported Court cases include:
- WRW Construction v Datblygau Davies Developments [2020] EWHC 1965 (TCC); [2020] BLR 623 (construction adjudication, ability to order payment to responding party)
- Doosan Enpure v Interserve Construction [2019] EWHC 2497 (TCC); [2019] BLR 630 (construction of JV agreement and interim payments under NEC3 Option C target cost contract)
- Aspen & Liberty Mutual v Sangster & Annand[2019] Lloyd’s Rep IR 217; 35 Const LJ 200 (public liability insurance, construction of hot works exclusion)
- Williams Tarr Construction v Roylance[2018] EWHC 2339 (TCC); [2018] CILL 4211 (engineers’ negligence)
- Dawnus Construction Holdings v Marsh Life [2017] EWHC 1066 (TCC); 172 Con LR 162; [2017] CILL 3977(construction adjudication, waiver, slip rule)
- Gray v Elite Town Management [2016] EWCA Civ 1318 (duties of party wall surveyors)
- Barnaby v Raleys Solicitors [2014] EWCA Civ 686; [2014] All ER (D) 42 (Jun)(solicitors’ negligence)
- Inframatrix Investments v Dean Construction [2012] EWCA Civ 64, [2012] 2 All ER (Comm) 337, 140 Con LR 59, 28 Const LJ 438, [2012] CILL 3145 (construction of contractual limitation clause)
- Harrison & ors v Shepherd Homes[2011] EWHC 1811 (TCC), 27 Const LJ 709 (contractual duties of homebuilder, Defective Premises Act, NHBC Buildmark, diminution in value as a result of defective piled foundations)
- Liberty Syndicate Management v Campagna[2011] EWHC 209 (TCC), 27 Const LJ 275 (latent defects insurance, duties of technical auditors)
Career
Called 2003 (Inner Temple Major Scholar); took silk in 2021.
Languages
French (conversational); Japanese (very basic).
Memberships
FCIArb; COMBAR; LCLCBA; TECBAR; Society of Construction Law (UK and Gulf).
Education
Charterhouse; University of Bristol (2000, BA English and Philosophy); King’s College London (2007, MSc Construction Law and Dispute Resolution).
Leisure
Sailing, travel.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Crispin Winser KC – Crown Office Chambers ‘Crispin is an incredibly talented advocate who is persuasive, calm, and comprehensive, and who delivers oral submissions in a thorough and thoughtful way. His written and oral advocacy is very clear while at the same time picking up on all of the key details, presenting arguments cleverly to put the point across.’
A ‘go-to construction set’, Crown Office Chambers handles a wide range of construction disputes, particularly concerning domestic commercial and luxury real estate developments. Andrew Rigney KC is acting as lead counsel on a defects and damages claim regarding the roof of Sky’s global headquarters. In Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd v Rise Ltd and 2 others, Isabel Hitching KC is representing Rise Ltd in a major damages and design defects dispute. Members of the set were also instructed in representing Augusta 2008 LLP in a major fire safety defect case before the TCC, with Michele De Gregorio leading Sahana Jayakumar in obtaining permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. Crispin Winser KC is representing Veolia Energy & Utility Services UK plc in a multi-party TCC dispute relating alleged fire safety defects in a health care sector PFI project. In July 2024, James Wilkinson took over as senior clerk from Andy Flanagan, who remains with the set as a business development consultant. Michael Curtis KC has retired.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Crispin Winser KC – Crown Office Chambers ‘He’s sharp and intuitive. He’s approachable and delivers digestible advice.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Crispin Winser KC –Crown Office Chambers ‘Crispin is one of the best in the game. He has a no-nonsense style which gets the job very effectively but without unnecessary drama.’
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5Crispin Winser KC – Crown Office Chambers ‘Crispin is an incredibly talented advocate who is persuasive, calm, and comprehensive, and who delivers oral submissions in a thorough and thoughtful way.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Crispin Winser KC – Crown Office Chambers ‘Crispin has a calm and measured approach to advocacy, identifying key points and crafting attractive and persuasive arguments.’
Middle East: The English Bar > Construction
(Leading silks)Ranked: Tier 2Crown Office Chambers offers representation on a wide range of construction related disputes, including in the transport infrastructure, hospitals, oil and gas fields. Andrew Rigney KC’s broad case load includes representation in complex arbitration proceedings related to energy, transport and oil and gas projects in the Middle East. Crispin Winser KC is active in construction, engineering, energy and insurance related disputes and Anna Laney KC, who recently took silk has been active on disputes in Oman and Qatar. Richard Sage maintains an active practice in the Middle East and has recently been involved in energy related arbitrations.