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Andrew Kearney
Position
Andrew is an experienced and highly regarded construction and engineering barrister. He is also a Chartered Arbitrator, has judicial experience, and is an experienced construction Adjudicator accredited by both TeCSA and TECBAR. He is an accredited and active Civil Mediator with experience of mediating multi party construction disputes. He acts nationally and internationally in a wide range of energy, construction and engineering disputes and has over 30 years’ experience advising developers, end users, national and international contractors, subcontractors and consultants and their insurers. He has acted for many household name main contractors. He also acts in commercial and property cases.
Andrew originally qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and became a partner at Pinsent Masons, specialising in construction.
Career
Call: 2007 | Solicitor, 1992
Memberships
- Technology and Construction Bar Association
- Society of Construction Law
- Adjudication Society
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Education
- BA (Hons) (Christ Church, Oxford University)
- PG Dip (with Merit) Construction Law and Arbitration
- FCIArb
- Lord Mustill’s CIArb President’s Prize (Award Writing)
- Former Solicitor
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Andrew Kearney – Gatehouse Chambers ‘Andrew’s main strength is his ability to very quickly get to the major issues in the case, and then articulate those major issues with brevity and clarity. This flows through to his advocacy, which is always focused and precise.’
With ‘genuine strength in depth at every level’, Gatehouse Chambers offers representation on a wide range of construction-related issues, with a particular focus in project disputes and defect claims. Leading Ebony Alleyne, Paul Reed KC is instructed to representing Mace in a major contractual claim concerning roof defects at Sky’s headquarters in Osterley. Simon Kerry acted as opposing counsel to David Pliener KC, who represented JN Piling in a three-party claim arising out of an oil spill, while Catherine Piercy KC acted as sole counsel to a Click St Andrew in a damages claim. Helena White continues to represent W Griffiths Architects as sole counsel in a major professional negligence TCC claim regarding fire safety and cladding issues. In the international arena, Andrew Kearney is acting as lead counsel through a high-value ICC arbitration against an international design and build contractor in the engineering sector.