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Aidan Christie KC KC
Position
Barrister specialising in general commercial law including insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence (particularly with reference to accountants, brokers, solicitors) and financial services.
Career
Qualified 1988, Middle Temple (scholar); QC 2008; Recorder 2009; Panel Deemster Isle of Man 2011.
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association; LCLCBA, PNBA.
Education
Oxford University (BA Lit Hum); Cambridge University (MA Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Aidan Christie KC – 4 Pump Court ‘Go-to leading counsel for the most complex and sensitive insurance and reinsurance matters. An outstanding knowledge of the market which is a real asset to clients, all delivered sensitively and commercially.’
Noted for being a ‘great set with good strength in depth,’ 4 Pump Court acts for a wide variety of clients, from insured parties and for insurers and reinsurers, to insurance brokers both domestically and internationally. Members of the set cover work across the high-value and high-profile insurance cases currently in the market, from Covid-19 business interruption claims, with Michael Davie KC advising on a number of different cases including Mayfair Banqueting Limited v AXA Insurance UK PLC dealing with an insurance claim for closure of a Mayfair nightclub during the pandemic. Aidan Christie KC is representing reinsurers in an arbitration appeal in the Commercial Court relating to recovery of Covid-19 losses under the Catastrophe Excess of Loss treaty, while Rachel Ansell KC has expertise in insurance claims arising out of Construction All Risks and property damage insurance policies in other jurisdictions. Kate Vaughan-Neil and Quentin Tannock are names to watch.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Aidan Christie KC –4 Pump Court ‘Aidan is brilliant. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of insurance law. He is always calm and practical.’