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Lucy Garrett KC
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Lucy is “brilliant… and hugely energetic.” She is “a brilliant advocate with a superb way of persuading judges,” and “an exceptionally good operator who is easy to deal with and wears her enormous intellect lightly.” “The clients love her and her work is always first class.”
Lucy was called to the Bar in 2001 and was made Queen’s Counsel in 2018. She has an impressive specialist practice in construction, engineering, energy and shipbuilding, with a particular focus on projects involving complex factual, technical and contractual disputes. Her practice includes claims for and against construction professionals in these sectors and project-related issues such as insurance, bonds and guarantees. Lucy also advises on and acts in adjudications, from referral stage to enforcement.
She is always in demand for her forceful advocacy, commercial approach and “stellar” intellectual ability, which has led to instructions in a series of high profile, high value disputes. She has extensive experience in the TCC and the Commercial Court in the UK, and in international arbitration including in civil code jurisdictions. She is familiar with international parties and tribunals.
Lucy is the author of the Time and Termination chapters in the leading text in its field, Keating on Offshore Construction and Marine Engineering (2nd Edn, published September 2018), and is co-author of the new authoritative title ‘Litigation in the TCC’. In addition, she is co-editor of Keating on JCT Contracts and a contributor to Keating on Construction Contracts.
Lucy was one of The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” in 2021.
Career
Called 2001; Gray’s Inn, Prince of Wales Scholar 2001; pupillage and tenancy at 2 Temple Gardens 2001-04; tenancy Keating Chambers 2004; Silk 2018.
Memberships
TECBAR; COMBAR; Society of Construction Law.
Education
Ryde High School; University of Manchester (1998 BA Hons English Language and 1st class); Metropolitan University of Manchester (2000 PgDL); Inns of Court School of Law (2001 Bar Vocational Course Very Competent).
Leisure
Reading.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Lucy Garrett KC – Keating Chambers ‘Lucy is very bright, responsive, has an excellent bedside manner and is an absolute pleasure to work with.’
As an ‘excellent specialist set’ in construction law, Keating Chambers continues to impress with its representation in an array of high-profile cases, both in the UK and abroad. In addition to the set’s global presence in arbitrations, domestic instructions include Martlet Homes v Mulalley, the first post-Grenfell cladding fire safety case to go to trial, where Jonathan Selby KC and Tom Coulson represented the claimants, while Simon Hughes KC and James Frampton acted for the defendants. Other key cases include Cambridgeshire County Council v BAM Nuttall Limited, a long-running case concerning a guided busway in Cambridgeshire, involving Piers Stansfield KC, Sarah Williams, and Harry Smith acting for the claimant. Paul Bury, acting for Resource Recovery Solutions (Derbyshire) Limited, and Lucy Garrett KC, who is representing Derbyshire CC & Derby CC, are instructed to appear on opposite sides of a dispute revolving around the termination of a PFI contract for the Derby waste-to-energy plant. The set has seen the addition of Alexandra Bodnar from 39 Essex Chambers. Paul Buckingham KC and William Webb KC both took silk in March 2023, while Adam Constable KC (as was) is now on the High Court bench.
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Lucy Garrett KC –Keating Chambers ‘Lucy is an out-and-out star, a gifted legal mind and persuasive advocate who can cut through endless legal and technical complexities to get to what really matters.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Lucy Garrett KC – Keating Chambers ‘Lucy is engaging, bright and user-friendly and presents incredibly well to clients and tribunals alike. She is a delight to work with: sharp and focused, practical, honest and objective in her advice and input.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Lucy Garrett KC – Keating Chambers ‘Lucy is a complete star. She has an outstanding legal mind and is adept at dealing with the most complex legal and technical disputes as well as providing sound advice on strategy.’