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.
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Chambers is recognised as a leading Construction set and as such claims against Construction Professionals fits alongside this.
We have extensive experience in claims against surveyors, project managers, engineers and architects. We are instructed to appear in courts, adjudications and arbitration (Both domestic and International) and claims range in value and complexity from small domestic matters to multi million pound developments.
As a set we also have members of chambers who were previously employed as engineers and have completed engineering degrees before starting their career at the BAR. This level of first hand experience and insight sets us apart from our competition.
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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 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,...
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’s practice focusses on construction related matters, whether they be traditional employers’/contractors’ contractual claims, professional negligence disputes or insurance issues. ...
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 –...
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...
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,...
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...
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 indemnity, insurance, and commercial disputes. He appears frequently in the High Court and has also appeared before the Court of Appeal. Patrick often...
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...
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