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Malcolm Sheehan KC
Work Department
Product liability, commercial arbitration, personal injury, commercial property, residential property, professional negligence, consumer law, insurance, health and safety.
Position
Barrister practising in product liability (including pharmaceutical and medical device litigation); commercial law and arbitration; personal injury; landlord and tenant including covenant enforceability and leasehold enfranchisement; commercial property including 1954 Act work, dilapidation claims, mortgages and easements; health and safety; human rights; insurance; professional negligence cases involving solicitors, architects, brokers, surveyors and valuers; general contract and tort; has appeared before a variety of tribunals, including the House of Lords and Court of Appeal, and has advocacy experience as a junior in a range of High Court litigation. Reported cases include: Motto and others v Trafigura and others [2011] EWCA civ 1150; Young v Catholic Care and others [2008] UKHL 6; Sun Life Assurance Plc v Thales Tracs Ltd [2001] 1 WLR 1562; [2001] 34 EG 100; Dunlop v Medd Racing and Racing Lines (GB) Ltd [2002] BLD 180102111. Before taking silk Malcolm was junior counsel to the Crown (‘A’ panel) by the Attorney General and is a part-time Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Land Registration).
Career
Spent two years in Japan on a Japanese Foreign Office programme; called 1993; judicial assistant to Lord Woolf MR; Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn; Mansfield Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn; Inns of Court Scholarship; Hardwicke Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn; publications: contributor to the ‘Civil Practitioner’s Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998’ and ‘Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales’ vol 37; contributor to real property section in Butterworth’s ‘Civil Court Precedents’; has conducted a series of seminars on procedural issues for professional clients.
Languages
Working knowledge of Japanese.
Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association; British Japanese Law Association; Lincoln’s Inn Denning Society; Personal Injury Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association.
Education
Oriel College, Oxford (MA First Class Hons).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Malcolm Sheehan KC –Henderson Chambers ‘Malcolm’s preparation is meticulous and his advocacy is very pursuasive. He also has takes commercial approach to his cases and has a very good manner with clients.’
Henderson Chambers includes juniors and silks active across the complete spectrum of real estate litigation. In particular, the set has considerable experience in real property, commercial property, residential landlord and tenant matters and co-ownership and trusts of land. Malcolm Sheehan KC is particularly known for his expertise in acting on property development issues for private and public sector developers, as well his experience in infrastructure disputes. Jonathan Steinert has over two decades of experience in contentious and non-contentious property issues, with particular experience in complex litigation involving covenant and dilapidation disputes.
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Reputed as ‘go-to set for group litigation’, members of Henderson Chambers‘ areas of expertise include product liability, environmental, consumer and financial group actions, as well as handling claims arising from injuries, death or human rights abuse. A number of the set’s barristers, including Charles Gibson KC, Prashant Popat KC, Geraint Webb KC, Kathleen Donnelly KC and Lucy McCormick , continue to represent members of the Volkswagen Group in the ongoing group actions regarding the emissions of their diesel cars. Leading Adam Heppinstall KC, Oliver Campbell KC is acting as opposing counsel for claimants in these high-profile cases. At the same time, Campbell KC handles a group action by over 30,000 claimants against Easyjet in relation to a mass data breach involving financial and other data. Malcolm Sheehan KC represents Mercedes-Benz in other “dieselgate” litigation. Toby Riley-Smith KC is acting for Bayer plc in over a hundred claims being brought under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, alleging that the permanent contraceptive device Essure has caused them a range of different personal injuries.
London Bar > Product liability
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Henderson Chambers is recognised as one of the pre-eminent sets in product liability claims and multi-party litigation. The chamber is experienced in leading unitary claims and group actions for injuries and losses caused by defective products such as PIP breast implants and metal on metal hips. Charles Gibson KC acts on major pharmaceutical cases, while Prashant Popat KC, Geraint Webb KC, Oliver Campbell KC and Malcolm Sheehan KC are other silks in chambers who are notable in group actions in this space.