Atkin Chambers continues to be a market-leading set for construction disputes, featuring expertise across the engineering and infrastructure sectors at both the domestic and international levels. Members of the set regularly appear at the TCC to represent contractors and property owners in trials concerning professional negligence and construction defects. Instructions frequently involve international arbitration. The set’s Manus McMullan KC, Christopher Lewis KC and Peter Land have secured favourable outcomes for the Panama Canal Authority in four major arbitration proceedings as part of a long-running set of disputes concerning the third set of locks project. Also of note is Fiona Parkin KC, who recently appeared before the Supreme Court, acting for the defendant in URS Corporation v BDW Training, a case concerning limitation periods in the Building Safety Act. She is currently leading Katie Powell and Caspar Ramsay in defending a number of claims concerning alleged defects in tower blocks following the Supreme Court’s decision.
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