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Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC
Position
KC, commercial arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations and mediator specialising in:
- Insurance and reinsurance, including business interruption, employer’s liability, public liability, product liability, cyber risks, professional indemnity, financial institutions, directors’ and officers’ liability.
- Product liability and product recall, including commercial products, vehicles, food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, vaccines, blood and chemicals. Specialist in group litigation and cases with complex scientific and technical evidence and regulatory issues.
- Professional liability and professional discipline, including solicitors, barristers, accountants, financial services professionals and insurance brokers.
- Financial services law and regulation.
- Commercial disputes.
- Public and constitutional law and public inquiries.
Has acted on behalf of the UK Government in a wide range of cases for over 27 years. Former First Counsel to the Welsh Government 2013-2016. Recognised as an appellate advocate.
Recent cases include: Coote v Ullstein and Hodge Jones & Allen [2022] EWHC 607 (QB) (professional liability); claims relating to Hormone Pregnancy Tests (Wilson & ors v Bayer Pharma AG & ors) (product liability); civil claims arising out of the Grenfell Tower fire (Abdel-Kader & ors v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea & ors [2022] EWHC 2006 (QB) & [2021] EWHC 2016 (QB); De Costa & ors v The London Fire Commissioner and ors [2020] EWHC 2718 (QB);); Financial Conduct Authority v Arch & ors test case on business interruption insurance and COVID-19 losses [2020] Lloyds’ Rep IR 527 (insurance); Various Claimants v Giambrone and Law [2019] EWHC 34 (QB) (insurance); Goodlife Foods Ltd v Hall Fire Protection Ltd [2018] BLR 491, CA (commercial product liability); Akcine Bendrove Bankas Snoras v Antonov [2018] EWHC 887 (Comm) (commercial; freezing injunction); Redman v Zurich Insurance Plc [2018] 1 WLR 280, QB (insurance); The Khan Partnership v Al-Shanfari & Al-Rawas [2017] 1 WLR 2301 (limitation, solicitors’ negligence); Cape Distribution Ltd v Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd [2016] EWHC 1786 & [2016] EWHC 1119 (insurance); International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich [2016] AC 509 (insurance); Secretary of State for the Home Department v Raytheon Systems Ltd [2015] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 493 (IT, arbitration appeal); Abbey Forwarding (in Liquidation) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] Bus LR 882 (insolvency); The PIP Breast Implant Litigation insurance dispute (2015); The Employers’ Liability Insurance Trigger Litigation [2012] 1 WLR 867, SC (insurance); The Atomic Veterans Litigation [2012] 2 WLR 643, SC (product liability, limitation); The Miners’ Knee Litigation [2012] EWCA Civ 1380 (limitation, group litigation).
Career
Called to Bar of England & Wales 1993 & Bar of Republic of Ireland 1998. Appointed QC 2009 (KC from 2022). Treasury Counsel (A Panel) 2006-2009. First Counsel to the Welsh Government 2013-2016. President of the Panel of Senior Decision-Makers, Guernsey Financial Services Commission 2021-date. Senior Decision-Maker for Guernsey Financial Services Commission 2014-2020. Deputy High Court Judge 2016-2022. Bencher of Inner Temple 2018-date. Director of Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund Ltd 2011-2016. Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society 2017-date. CEDR accredited mediator.
Editor ‘Jackson and Powell on Professional Liability’ (6th & 7th eds); Consulting Editor ‘The Law and Regulation of Medicines’ (1st ed); Contributor ‘The Law and Regulation of Medicines & Medical Devices’ (2nd ed); General Editor ‘Human Rights and Civil Practice’.
Memberships
COMBAR; PNBA; LCLCBA; ALBA; BILA; ICC; LCIA; European Circuit.
Education
MA (Cantab); LLM (Osgoode, Canada); Dip. EC Law (Kings, London).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Leigh-Ann is absolutely wonderful to work with. Her judgement is perfect; she is excellent with clients; she is brilliantly clever; and she gets the best out of a team.’
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Leigh-Ann is outstanding across the board. She works phenomenally hard in all her cases and always has a mastery of the detail without losing perspective on the bigger picture.’
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Leigh-Ann is careful, as is vital in complex insurance, but keeps her eye on the main game. She is hard-working and also has flair.’
Insurance remains a core part of Fountain Court Chambers’s practice, with members representing both insurers and policyholders in cases including high-profile and precedent-setting disputes, including involvement in disputes arising out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. David Railton KC has been active acting for aviation war risks insurers in litigation arising out of the Ukraine crisis, in the case of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd v Various Insurers. Anneliese Day KC is routinely instructed in substantial and complex insurance matters, whereas Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC has continued to engage in claims for business interruption losses suffered as a result of lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic. Bankim Thanki KC has strong insurance experience linked to his aviation, commercial and banking practices, and Max Evans is a notable junior in the set.
London Bar > Product liability
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Barristers at Fountain Court Chambers are well-versed in dealing with issues such as the incorporation of contract terms, exclusion clauses, conflicts of laws and defects under the Sale of Goods Act. Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC is acting for the Department of Health and Social Care in group litigation arising out of the use of hormonal pregnancy tests. Akhil Shah KC has a specialism in the aviation sector and deals with aircraft design cases concerning manufacturing defects.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘A delight to work with, calm in con and a very good advocate.’
Asia Pacific - The English Bar > Commercial
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Leigh-Ann is a meticulous and well prepared silk.’