JUNIOR PROFILE

Nicholas Collings

UK Bar 2026

Atkin Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Construction: Professional Negligence

All Circuits

2 years ranked

Construction

London (Bar)

22 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Nicholas specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration with particular emphasis on professional indemnity, construction and engineering, energy and utilities, technology and related disputes. He has a wide range of clients from all over the world including corporations, government entities, professional advisors and individuals. He has broad experience of all methods of dispute resolution with particular expertise in domestic and international arbitration, mediation and adjudication. Nicholas has a working knowledge of French and Spanish.

Career

LLB (Hons) Bristol. Called 1997.

Professional Memberships

TECBAR, COMBAR, SCL, CIArb.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Construction: Professional Negligence - All Circuits

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Nicholas Collings has a busy professional negligence practice encompassing the IT, construction, natural resources and energy sectors. He is instructed in domestic and international disputes on behalf of designers, developers, contractors and other construction professionals, as well as insurers and brokers. He has strong experience of litigation at appellate level.

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Construction - London (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Nicholas Collings is a highly respected senior junior who often acts as sole counsel in high-value disputes in the UK and the Middle East. He represents clients across a range of claims, such as those involving mixed-use developments and transport infrastructure projects. He is also particularly active in construction disputes pertaining to the energy and natural resources sector. He acts both for and against large construction and engineering firms, and has additional expertise in construction-related professional negligence cases.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Nicholas is good strategically, excels in drafting and is good to work with.
Construction: Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Nicholas is very good at digesting large amounts of information in a short space of time and distilling this information into simple, clear and readable submissions.
ConstructionUK Bar
Nicholas Collings is very good.
ConstructionUK Bar