Siân Mirchandani KC

Practice Areas

Siân has a wide-ranging commercial practice including professional liability, construction/engineering/energy, insurance, reinsurance, regulatory and property damage. Her science background has led to a particular interest in disputes involving construction/engineering, IT, technical and scientific elements and regulatory/experimental product testing claims. Siân is experienced in court proceedings, arbitrations, adjudications, tribunals and mediations and is often instructed for coverage and indemnity disputes, insolvency, fraud and dishonesty matters.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration, and a TECBAR accredited adjudicator, prior to taking silk in 2019 Siân was acclaimed in the directories as a Leading Junior in three fields: Construction, Professional Negligence and Disciplinary, and won Chambers & Partners’ Professional Negligence Junior award in 2015.

Now a highly sought after silk for her phenomenal work ethic, commercial approach and ability to ‘cover all the bases’ Siân regularly deals with high value, complex, multi-party professional liability claims & arbitrations involving construction/infrastructure & engineering, construction professionals, surveyors/valuers, lawyers, accountants/tax advisers/auditors, financial services professionals/insolvency practitioners/administrative receivers, insurance brokers, land, management & estate agents.

Career

Qualified from Cambridge University as a veterinary surgeon in 1992, Siân worked as a veterinary surgeon before attending City University (CPE) and the Inns of Court (BVC), coming to the Bar in 1997, and taking silk in 2019.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR, TECBAR, PNBA, PNLA, SCL, FCIArb, Ethical Panel of the Society of Antiquities

Publications

Author of Surveyors and Valuers' chapter of 'Professional Negligence and Liability'.

Personal

Yoga & bodysurfing.