Ranking tables
Construction: Professional Negligence | UK Bar
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Rankings overview for Sets
- Andrew Rigney KC Crown Office Chambers18 Years Ranked
- Lucy Garrett KC Keating Chambers19 Years Ranked
- Lynne McCafferty KC 4 Pump Court17 Years Ranked
- Roger Stewart KC 4 New Square Chambers31 Years Ranked
- Siân Mirchandani KC 4 New Square Chambers18 Years Ranked
- Stephanie Barwise KC Atkin Chambers31 Years Ranked
- Alexander Nissen KCKeating Chambers
- Ben Patten KC4 New Square Chambers
- David Streatfeild-James KCAtkin Chambers
- Manus McMullan KCAtkin Chambers
- Rachel Ansell KC4 Pump Court
- Sean Brannigan KC4 Pump Court
- Simon Hargreaves KCKeating Chambers
- Vincent Moran KCKeating Chambers
- Ben Quiney KC Crown Office Chambers19 Years Ranked
- David Pliener KC Gatehouse Chambers17 Years Ranked
- Isabel Hitching KC Crown Office Chambers12 Years Ranked
- James Howells KC Atkin Chambers25 Years Ranked
- Karim Ghaly KC Atkin Chambers17 Years Ranked
- Neil Moody KC 2 Temple Gardens26 Years Ranked
- Simon Lofthouse KC Atkin Chambers28 Years Ranked
- Steven Walker KC Atkin Chambers22 Years Ranked
- Stuart Catchpole KC Atkin Chambers29 Years Ranked
- Benjamin Pilling KC4 Pump Court
- Claire Packman KC4 Pump Court
- Dominique Rawley KCAtkin Chambers
- Fiona Parkin KCAtkin Chambers
- Jeremy Nicholson KC4 Pump Court
- Jessica Stephens KC4 Pump Court
- Jonathan Selby KCKeating Chambers
- Rupert Choat KCAtkin Chambers
- Samuel Townend KCKeating Chambers
- Tom Owen KCKeating Chambers
- Adam Robb KC 39 Essex Chambers20 Years Ranked
- Andrew White KC Atkin Chambers31 Years Ranked
- Anna Laney KC Crown Office Chambers17 Years Ranked
- Camille Slow KC Atkin Chambers18 Years Ranked
- Catherine Piercy KC Atkin Chambers14 Years Ranked
- Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC Atkin Chambers27 Years Ranked
- Crispin Winser KC Crown Office Chambers15 Years Ranked
- Jennifer Jones KC Atkin Chambers14 Years Ranked
- Michael Wheater KC Gatehouse Chambers15 Years Ranked
- Neil Hext KC 4 New Square Chambers15 Years Ranked
- Paul Reed KC Gatehouse Chambers25 Years Ranked
- Serena Cheng KC Atkin Chambers17 Years Ranked
- Calum Lamont KCKeating Chambers
- Krista Lee KCKeating Chambers
- Martin Bowdery KCAtkin Chambers
- Riaz Hussain KCAtkin Chambers
- Richard Coplin KCKeating Chambers
- Simon Hale KC4 Pump Court
- Katie Powell Atkin Chambers16 Years Ranked
- Lucy Colter 4 New Square Chambers12 Years Ranked
- James Bowling4 Pump Court
- Kate Livesey4 Pump Court
- Charles Pimlott Crown Office Chambers16 Years Ranked
- Ivor Collett Crown Office Chambers15 Years Ranked
- Luke Wygas 4 Pump Court14 Years Ranked
- Nicholas Collings Atkin Chambers22 Years Ranked
- Rónán Hanna Atkin Chambers14 Years Ranked
- Tim Chelmick 4 New Square Chambers11 Years Ranked
- Alexandra BodnarKeating Chambers
- David SheardKeating Chambers
- Jennie Gillies4 Pump Court
- Lucie BriggsAtkin Chambers
- Martyn Naylor4 Pump Court
- Matthew Thorne4 Pump Court
- Mek Mesfin4 Pump Court
- Paul BuryKeating Chambers
- Sebastian Oram3PB Barristers
- Simon Henderson4 Pump Court
- Thomas Crangle4 Pump Court
- Tom Asquith4 New Square Chambers
- Tom CoulsonKeating Chambers
- Carlo Taczalski Crown Office Chambers1 Years Ranked
- Caroline McColgan Crown Office Chambers5 Years Ranked
- Chris Greenwood 4 New Square Chambers7 Years Ranked
- Ebony Alleyne Gatehouse Chambers5 Years Ranked
- Helena White Gatehouse Chambers5 Years Ranked
- Hugh Saunders 4 New Square Chambers9 Years Ranked
- James Frampton Keating Chambers5 Years Ranked
- Louis Zvesper Gatehouse Chambers4 Years Ranked
- Marc Lixenberg Atkin Chambers11 Years Ranked
- Nicola Atkins Crown Office Chambers7 Years Ranked
- Rachael O'Hagan Keating Chambers13 Years Ranked
- Richard Sage Crown Office Chambers7 Years Ranked
- Ben SareenKeating Chambers
- Brenna ConroyKeating Chambers
- Doré Green2 Temple Gardens
- Emma HealissKeating Chambers
- Gideon Scott HollandKeating Chambers
- Harry SmithKeating Chambers
- Omar EljadiAtkin Chambers
- Callum Monro MorrisonKeating Chambers
All Sets profiles
Band 1
1 4 Pump CourtConstruction: Professional Negligence2026 | Band 1 | 2 Years Ranked4 Pump Court blends legal prowess with huge technical expertise, and boasts an excellent standing at the crossover of professional negligence and construction law. Its barristers handle a range of complex and high-value TCC disputes, representing and opposing architects, engineers and surveyors as well as building contractors. The set offers additional expertise in ICC arbitrations concerning major energy projects, notably in African countries and the Middle East. 4 Pump Court is also a leading chambers for disputes concerning IT infrastructure. Barristers from the set have acted in Shepherd Construction Limited v Drytech Façades & others, a £70 million dispute related to alleged design and construction defects in different cladding systems on five residential blocks. An interviewee praises the set's "excellent strength and depth of specialists."
Carl Wall and Stewart Gibbs are the senior clerks.
1 Atkin ChambersConstruction: Professional Negligence2026 | Band 1 | 2 Years RankedAtkin Chambers possesses an outstanding reputation in the construction industry, and barristers at the set have broad experience representing both claimants and defendants in related professional negligence claims. They regularly participate in high-profile and complex disputes involving engineers, architects, consultants, construction managers and other key professionals. The barristers have been instructed in matters relating to a range of construction matters, including fire safety issues associated with cladding, such as in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Other notable work includes One Hyde Park Limited v Laing O’Rourke Construction (South) Limited. One source concludes: “Its construction experience is really excellent and difficult to match elsewhere."
David Barnes is the director of clerking.
1 Keating ChambersConstruction: Professional Negligence2026 | Band 1 | 2 Years RankedKeating Chambers is noted for "the breadth of market-leading counsel available" within the set. Its leading reputation in the construction and engineering sector extends to related professional negligence claims. The chambers has notable strength in matters involving project managers, architects and engineers. The set can offer strong expertise in claims stemming from high-value, complex and sensitive construction projects. Barristers from the set have appeared in BDW Trading v AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK, URS Corporation, Cameron Taylor Consulting, a claim arising out of defective structural engineering.
Will Shrubsall and James Luxmoore are joint directors of clerking.
Band 2
2 4 New Square ChambersConstruction: Professional Negligence2026 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked4 New Square fields a wide array of professional negligence expertise to both claimants and defendants in claims stemming from the construction industry. Its members are much in demand for matters concerning architects and engineers, but also other technical professions such as designers of software or IT infrastructure. The set frequently acts in relation to high-value, complex and sensitive matters, including a number of post-Grenfell cladding-related claims. Recently, members have appeared in Avantage and others v GB Buildings and others. A source notes it has an "excellent choice of first-rate barristers with a broad range of experience in claims against construction professionals."
Lizzy Stewart is the senior clerk.
2 Crown Office ChambersConstruction: Professional Negligence2026 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedCrown Office Chambers benefits from a number of high-profile silks and junior barristers who have a wealth of experience acting in negligence claims for and against architects, engineers and surveyors. They have been heavily involved in high-profile matters including the Grenfell Tower civil litigation and One Hyde Park v Laing O’Rourke. An interviewee comments: "It is a strong set for construction professional indemnity work." Another adds that its barristers "have a good sense of commerciality as well as pure law, and communicate well with lay clients."
Steve Purse is the senior team clerk.
2 Gatehouse ChambersConstruction: Professional Negligence2026 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedGatehouse Chambers is home to barristers possessing deep expertise covering professional negligence claims brought against architects, engineers and others, typically in the context of major construction defects litigation. The barristers have acted in Irwell Riverside on behalf of Arcadis, and Project Pegasus, a claim relating to works to Inner Temple. An interviewee praises its barristers' "willingness to immerse themselves in the detail of a case," while another adds: "It is a go-to set, with excellent counsel."
Elliot Langdorf is practice director.