One of the leading sets of barristers’ chambers in England, we combine excellence in advocacy and advisory work with a modern, client-focussed service.
“Crown Office Chambers is distinguished by the quality of its members. From its outstanding silks down to its leading juniors, excellence runs through the set.”
One of the leading sets of barristers’ chambers in England, we combine excellence in advocacy and advisory work with a modern, client-focussed service.
“Crown Office Chambers is distinguished by the quality of its members. From its outstanding silks down to its leading juniors, excellence runs through the set.”
With over 100 barristers working in specialist areas, our multi-discipline chambers has strong expertise in commercial and general insurance.
The ‘outstanding’ clerks are ‘commercial and willing to consider cases on innovative fee structures – not something seen at some of the more traditional sets’.
As a strong commercial set, our dedicated staff provide extensive support to help maintain Crown Office as a leading chambers.
Professional Liability
Chambers is recognised by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, as a leading set for professional liability.
Professional liability is a core area of practice at Crown Office Chambers and the set is rightfully seen as a leader in the field. We act in claims against professionals across the whole spectrum of standard, non-standard and emerging professions.
Our cases range from complex multi million pound disputes to small and fast track claims. We have the strength and depth to be able to provide counsel at all levels of call in order to meet the specific requirements of each client and case. Members of Chambers’ expertise across a range of complimentary practice areas allows us to offer someone with direct experience of the industry sector from which the alleged negligence originates.
Our expertise in “pure” insurance work complements our professional liability experience and means we are able to offer a full range of counsel with considerable policy coverage and interpretation experience.
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Andrew Rigney KC
Year of Call: 1992
Andrew Rigney KC is joint Head of Chambers Andrew specialises in high value, complex litigation and international arbitration in the fields of construction, energy, insurance and reinsurance,...
Michael Kent KC
Year of Call: 1975
Michael Kent KC has an extensive practice in a range of common law fields including personal injuries and disease work; liability insurance; product liability; nuisance and property disputes involving...
Michael Curtis KC
Year of Call: 1982
Michael Curtis KC specialises in commercial, construction & engineering, insurance, property damage, professional negligence and product liability. He is General Editor and one of the co-authors...
David Platt KC
Year of Call: 1987
David Platt KC specialises in occupational disease, personal injury, insurance, health and safety, sports, abuse and inquest work. He also specialises in group litigation. He undertakes most forms...
Ben Quiney KC
Year of Call: 1998
Recommendations In the recent editions of Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 Ben is identified as a Leading KC in his core areas of work, such as Insurance, Property Damage, Construction and...
Andrew Smith KC
Year of Call: 1988
Andrew Smith KC has over 30 years of experience of litigation in courts at all levels. He has practised at the Scottish Bar (call 1988, silk 2002) and since 2006 at the English Bar. He took silk in...
Isabel Hitching KC
Year of Call: 1992
Isabel Hitching is a commercial silk with a long-established expertise in the issues arising out of large-scale, complex construction and technology projects. With expertise not only in the...
Daniel Shapiro KC
Year of Call: 1999
Daniel Shapiro KC is recognised as “ferociously bright” with “beguiling advocacy skills”. He has extensive trial and appellate advocacy experience in a wide range of commercial litigation,...
Farrah Mauladad KC
Year of Call: 1999
Farrah Mauladad KC specialises in clinical negligence, personal injury, healthcare regulatory law and product liability matters. She has extensive experience in Court and is often instructed in cases...
Crispin Winser KC
Year of Call: 2003
Crispin Winser KC specialises in construction, engineering, energy, insurance, professional liability and general commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution both in the UK and...
Anna Laney KC
Year of Call: 1998
Anna Laney KC is a leading construction barrister, specialising in technically complex infrastructure, engineering and related insurance disputes. During the course of her career, she has acted on a...
John Stevenson
Year of Call: 1975
John Stevenson main areas of practice are clinical negligence, insurance and professional negligence. Other significant areas of work are arbitration, commercial law, construction and personal...
John Greenbourne
Year of Call: 1978
John Greenbourne’s main areas of practice are professional negligence (chiefly concerned with insurance services, legal advice, property valuation and construction, education and clinical...
Steven Coles
Year of Call: 1983
Steven Coles is regularly instructed in a wide range of insurance-related cases, often policy coverage disputes, also defence of third party claims, and insurers’ subrogated recovery claims –...
James Medd
Year of Call: 1985
James Medd's practice focuses on claims relating to insurance, property damage, product liability and construction. He is consistently ranked in the major legal directories as a leading junior in...
Catherine Foster
Year of Call: 1986
Catherine practices in the areas of general personal injury, disease litigation, occupational stress, child sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, modern slavery, professional negligence, product...
Peter Morton
Year of Call: 1988
Though he has acted for both Claimants and Defendant in the past, Peter Morton’s practice is now entirely for Defendants and consists of industrial disease litigation, catastrophic injury cases,...
Dermot Woolgar
Year of Call: 1988
Dermot Woolgar has an extensive and diverse civil and commercial practice, with particular expertise in the fields of international commercial arbitration, commercial law, construction and...
Jason Evans-Tovey
Year of Call: 1990
Jason is a litigator whose attention to detail, strong legal, commercial and strategic advice as well as extensive trial and appellate advocacy experience have won him many followers in several fields...
Robert Stokell
Year of Call: 1995
Robert Stokell specialises in substantial construction and engineering disputes, insurance-related advice and litigation, product liability, professional negligence and property damage. He is well...
Suzanne Chalmers
Year of Call: 1995
Suzanne Chalmers specialises in insurance, professional negligence, property damage and personal injury as well as dealing with general commercial disputes. Her strength lies in her ability to...
Jamie Clarke
Year of Call: 1995
Jamie Clarke has more than 25 years’ experience in his core practice areas of catastrophic / utmost severity personal injury litigation, industrial disease (including asbestos, NIHL, HAVS, workplace...
Ivor Collett
Year of Call: 1995
Ivor’s practice covers commercial, professional liability and insurance disputes, with a particular focus on construction professionals and lawyers. He is heavily involved in cases of impostor...
Jack Ferro
Year of Call: 1998
Jack Ferro has practised at Crown Office Chambers since 1999, focusing on personal injury, clinical negligence, product liability and industrial disease. He has developed special expertise and...
Julian Horne
Year of Call: 1998
Julian Horne is experienced in a wide range of civil litigation with a particular emphasis on interlocutory and trial advocacy. His practice encompasses personal injury including product liability,...
Alexander Macpherson
Year of Call: 2000
Alexander Macpherson specialises in a number of areas of common law and commercial litigation. Frequently his cases have an insurance angle, and he is regularly instructed by major national...
Charles Pimlott
Year of Call: 2001
Charles Pimlott specialises in construction and energy disputes, professional negligence and commercial litigation. Charles is recognised by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 2023...
Michele De Gregorio
Year of Call: 2003
Michele De Gregorio has a broad commercial and common law practice, with many of his cases arising out of insurance related disputes, in the fields of construction and engineering, professional...
Elizabeth Boon
Year of Call: 2006
Recommendations In the recent editions of Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 Elizabeth is recognised in her core areas of work, such as Property Damage and Professional Negligence. She is...
Richard Sage
Year of Call: 2006
Richard Sage’s practice is in the fields of construction, professional negligence, insurance, product liability, property damage and general commercial litigation / arbitration. Richard has...
David Myhill
Year of Call: 2006
David has a specialist practice focussing on disputes in the fields of Product Liability, Insurance, Professional (including Clinical) Negligence and Property Damage. Whilst David is accomplished...
Gemma Witherington
Year of Call: 2008
For a number of years, Gemma has been recommended as a leading junior by Legal 500. She specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence, insurance fraud, professional negligence, costs and...
Jack Macaulay
Year of Call: 2009
Jack practices in the core areas of Chamber’s work, with particular focus on personal injury, clinical negligence, professional negligence, and property damage. He is on the Attorney General’s B...
James Sharpe
Year of Call: 2009
James' practice spans a broad range of commercial disputes with particular focus on insurance and reinsurance, professional liability and commercial chancery work. A confident advocate and a team...
Caroline McColgan
Year of Call: 2010
Caroline McColgan joined chambers in October 2011 following successful completion of her pupillage. Since then, she has developed a practice which is strongly focused on insurance, professional...
Carlo Taczalski
Year of Call: 2010
Carlo specialises in commercial, construction, insurance, and professional negligence matters. He has been recommended in the Legal 500 as a leading individual in a number of his core practice areas...
Athena Markides
Year of Call: 2011
Athena Markides practises in all of Chambers’ core areas of work and has particular expertise in insurance, commercial litigation, construction and property damage. She has a particular interest in...
Patrick Maxwell
Year of Call: 2011
Patrick specialises in construction, professional liability, insurance, and commercial disputes. He appears frequently in the High Court, has appeared before the Court of Appeal, and is regularly...
Nicola Atkins
Year of Call: 2012
Nicola specialises in professional liability, construction and insurance disputes, with a particular interest in claims involving construction professionals and both civil and regulatory proceedings...
Adam Taylor
Year of Call: 2014
Adam Taylor specialises in sport and international arbitration, professional negligence, property damage, personal injury, insurance fraud, and inquests. Adam first practised at Crown Office...
Katie Sage
Year of Call: 2014
Katie is an established criminal regulatory, inquests and inquiries practitioner and is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers & Partners in these areas. She has experience acting in criminal...
Katie Ayres
Year of Call: 2014
Katie Ayres practices in the areas of local authority liability, abuse law, clinical and professional negligence, insurance, product liability and property damage. She is recognised as a Rising Star...
Maurice Holmes
Year of Call: 2015
Maurice has a broad practice encompassing the majority of Chambers’ core specialisms, principally with a commercial focus. He has substantial advocacy experience as sole counsel before a variety of...
Juliet Stevens
Year of Call: 2016
Juliet Stevens is a Leading Junior with extensive trial experience. She has a broad practice with a particular interest in personal injury, clinical negligence, product liability, professional...
Michael Harper
Year of Call: 2016
Michael’s practice centres on professional negligence, insurance, property damage, product liability, commercial disputes and related areas. Michael is ranked by Legal 500 as a Rising Star for...
Joshua Brown
Year of Call: 2017
Josh’s practice covers the range of Chambers’ practice areas, with a particular emphasis on commercial disputes, construction, insurance, professional negligence and property damage. As well as...
Andrew Brown
Year of Call: 2017
Andrew has a broad commercial practice spanning construction, insurance, professional negligence and property damage litigation. He has noted expertise in construction and engineering disputes and...
Frederick Simpson
Year of Call: 2018
Frederick is an in-demand junior practising primarily in construction, insurance, professional liability, product liability and property damage. He is ranked as a leading junior in professional...
Toby Chandler
Year of Call: 2019
Toby is regularly instructed in all aspects of chambers’ commercial, insurance and re-insurance and construction work. He is regularly involved, both led and unled, on substantial litigation in the...
Mariusz Rumun
Year of Call: 2019
Mariusz Rumun practises across Chambers' core areas, with a focus on insurance, commercial disputes, professional liability, property damage, product liability, and construction. Mariusz is...
Henk Soede
Year of Call: 2019
Henk maintains a broad practice across Chambers’ areas of work, with a particular focus on construction, professional liability, property damage, personal injury (particularly international claims...
Hamish Fraser
Year of Call: 2021
Hamish has developed a successful practice across Chambers’ core areas, particularly in commercial disputes, insurance, professional negligence, inquests and inquiries, property damage, and product...
Annie Mackley
Year of Call: 2021
Annie Mackley accepts instructions across all Chambers’ core areas, with a particular interest in clinical negligence, personal injury, professional negligence and inquests and inquiries. She joined...
Benedict Morillo
Year of Call: 2021
Benedict has a broad commercial practice. He has specialist expertise in insurance, construction, professional liability, product liability, and property damage matters, and he particularly welcomes...
Alethea Redfern
Year of Call: 2021
Alethea Redfern is developing a broad practice across the span of Chambers’ core areas, with an emphasis on insurance and reinsurance, construction, professional negligence, property damage, product...
Sophie Ashford
Year of Call: 2021
Sophie is developing a broad practice across the span of Chambers’ core areas, with an emphasis on commercial disputes, insurance, property damage, professional negligence and inquests and...
Bradley John-Davis
Year of Call: 2022
Bradley accepts instructions across all of Chambers’ core areas of practice, with a particular interest in insurance and reinsurance, construction, commercial matters, professional negligence,...
William Lacey
Year of Call: 2022
William Lacey accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice, with an emphasis on insurance & reinsurance, professional liability, construction & engineering, property damage,...
Liana Turner
Year of Call: 2021
Liana Turner accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice, with an emphasis on insurance & reinsurance, professional negligence, construction, commercial, property damage,...
Colleen Cumbers
Year of Call: 2023
Colleen Cumbers accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice, with a particular emphasis on commercial disputes, construction, insurance & reinsurance, professional negligence,...
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