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Provided by Atkin Chambers
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Head of Chambers: Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC

CEO & Director of Clerking: David Barnes

Senior Clerk: Justin Wilson

Principal Contact for Arbitrator, Adjudicator & Mediator Appointments: Daniel Jones

Tenants: 55

THE CHAMBERS

Atkin Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers with an international reputation for providing advocacy and specialist legal advice on cases concerning construction and engineering, energy, technology and major infrastructure projects.

The members of Atkin Chambers offer a huge breadth and depth of experience in disputes which are often complex both in terms of the law and the technical nature of the underlying dispute. They are recognised as being leaders in their field.

The disputes in which members are instructed are extremely varied and include transport, oil and gas, renewables, water/sanitation, IT and telecommunications, shipbuilding and conversion, and social infrastructure projects. Wider commercial and professional negligence work is frequently related to such disputes.

Disputes are often commercially and/or politically sensitive and high-profile, and have included landmark UK cases such as disputes relating to The Shard, Wembley Stadium, the Olympic Village, the Channel Tunnel, The British Library, The Rolls Building, Heathrow T5, the M25 and London Underground. International work is equally substantial with major transport infrastructure and energy projects being a common feature - frequently cross-border and/or involving parties from several jurisdictions.

In the UK members regularly appear as advocates before the High Court and Appellate Courts, including the Supreme Court, and represent clients in commercial arbitrations seated in London and around the world. Members practise in many of the world’s leading arbitration centres and are highly-experienced in handling international arbitration matters conducted under the auspices of the major arbitral institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, DIAC, HKIAC, SIAC and numerous others.

Members and door tenants are called upon to act as arbitrators, adjudicators, mediators, in expert determination, and as members of international dispute boards and chairs of public inquiries.

A number of authoritative and influential texts are authored and edited in Chambers including the Building Law Reports and the International Construction Law Review. The seminal work on the law relating to building and engineering contracts — Hudson’s Building and Engineering Contracts — has been edited by Chambers since 1959 and is cited in many common law jurisdictions.


WORK UNDERTAKEN

■ Commercial

■ Construction & Engineering

■ Energy & Natural Resources

■ Infrastructure & PFI/PPP

■ International Arbitration

■ IT & Telecommunications

■ Professional Negligence

■ Shipbuilding & Offshore Construction

■ Transport

Members
  • Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC (1992) (QC-2008)
  • Nicholas Dennys KC (1975) (QC-1991)
  • Jonathan Acton Davis KC (1977) (QC-1996)
  • Andrew White KC (1980) (QC-1997)
  • Martin Bowdery KC (1980) (QC-2000)
  • Stephen Dennison KC (1985) (QC-2001)
  • David Streatfeild-James KC (1986) (QC-2001)
  • Stuart Catchpole KC (1987) (QC - 2002)
  • Andrew Goddard KC (1985) (QC-2003)
  • Stephanie Barwise KC (1988) (QC-2006)
  • Simon Lofthouse KC (1988) (QC-2006)
  • Manus McMullan KC (1994) (QC-2010)
  • Fiona Parkin KC (1993) (QC-2011)
  • Dominique Rawley KC (1991) (QC-2012)
  • Steven Walker KC (1993) (QC-2012)
  • James Howells KC (1995) (QC-2014)
  • Riaz Hussain KC (2001) (QC-2016)
  • Christopher Lewis KC (1998) (QC-2017)
  • Serena Cheng KC (2000) (QC-2017)
  • Mark Chennells KC (2002) (QC-2021)
  • Rupert Choat KC (1998) (KC- 2022)
  • Darryl Royce (1976)
  • Robert Clay (1989)
  • Nicholas Collings (1997)
  • Patrick Clarke (1997)
  • Camille Slow (2002)
  • Shourav Lahiri (2002)
  • Jennifer Jones (2003)
  • Lucie Briggs (2004)
  • Simon Crawshaw (2005)
  • Marc Lixenberg (2005)
  • Katie Powell (2005)
  • Ronan Hanna (2006)
  • Andrew Fenn (2007)
  • Zulfikar Khayum (2006)
  • Peter Land (2007)
  • Edmund Neuberger (2008)
  • Omar Eljadi (2009)
  • David Johnson (2010)
  • Felicity Dynes (2010)
  • Mischa Balen (2011)
  • Samar Abbas Kazmi (2011)
  • Lauren Adams (2013)
  • Christopher Reid (2013)
  • Nicholas Maciolek (2013)
  • Mathias Cheung (2015)
  • Dalton Hale (2015)
  • Laura Hussey (2016)
  • Ryan Turner (2016)
  • Arthur Graham-Dixon (2017)
  • Caroline Greenfield (2017)
  • Max Twivy (2018)
  • Ella Rutter (2021)
  • Caspar Ramsay (2021)
  • Sheriar Khan (2022)
  • Sir Robert Akenhead*
  • The Hon James Allsop AC*
  • John Blackburn KC (1969) (QC-1984)*
  • Sir Thayne Forbes*
  • Professor Doug Jones AO (Australia)*
  • Her Honour Frances Kirkham CBE (1978)*
  • His Honour Humphrey LLoyd QC (1963) (QC-1979)*
  • Michael Shane (USA)*
  • Professor Janet Walker CM*
  • * Door Tenant

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Atkin Chambers rankings

UK Bar Guide 2024
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Mediators
2 Ranked Barristers
Silks (KC)
3
Sir Robert Akenhead KC
3
Band 3
Juniors
4
Michael Shane
4
Band 4
London (Bar)
Construction
1 Set
44 Ranked Barristers
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Construction
1
Construction
1
Band 1
Silks (KC)
David Streatfeild-James KC
Star Individuals
Manus McMullan KC
Star Individuals
Stephanie Barwise KC
Stephanie Barwise KC
Star Individuals
Stuart Catchpole KC
Stuart Catchpole KC
Star Individuals
Andrew White KC
1
Andrew White KC
1
Band 1
Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC
1
Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC
1
Band 1
1
Stephen Dennison KC
1
Band 1
Steven Walker KC
1
Steven Walker KC
1
Band 1
2
Dominique Rawley KC
2
Band 2
2
Fiona Parkin KC
2
Band 2
2
Nicholas Dennys KC
2
Band 2
Simon Lofthouse KC
2
Simon Lofthouse KC
2
Band 2
Christopher Lewis KC
3
Christopher Lewis KC
3
Band 3
James Howells KC
3
James Howells KC
3
Band 3
3
Martin Bowdery KC
3
Band 3
3
Riaz Hussain KC
3
Band 3
3
Serena Cheng KC
3
Band 3
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