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.
Insurance Brokers & Agents
Chambers is recognised as a leading insurance chamber and has a rich heritage of high level insurance and re-insurance work.
Therefore, insurance broker’s liability is a natural extension of this experience. We are instructed on behalf or against insurance professionals.
We have extensive knowledge of how the insurance market works and of how risks are broked within it. We understand the commercial reality and the interplay between broker, insurer and insured. Our experience in this area includes claims concerning a wide range of insurance policies and other contracts, such as binding authorities.
Insurance Brokers & Agents Contact
Steve Purse
T +44 (0)20 7797 6224
E purse@crownofficechambers.com
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...
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...
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...
Julian Field
Year of Call: 1980
Julian Field is a senior junior with a commercial practice encompassing property damage, insurance, product liability, contract and tort, commercial fraud and professional negligence. He began his...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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