Ben Quiney KC
‘He has excellent drafting and advocacy skills. He is also excellent with clients.’
Crown Office Chambers has a broad professional negligence practice that includes claims against construction professionals, accountants, lawyers, insurance brokers, and tax advisors. Ben Quiney KC is acting for the professional indemnity insurers of the architect in Shepherd Construction Limited v Dunnett Craven and CBRE, a complex dispute centering around cladding and fire safety concerns. Described as ‘a master tactician’, Daniel Shapiro KC led Carlo Taczalski in Henry Boot Developments v Burnley Wilson Fish, in which they defended a quantity surveyor. Andrew Rigney KC has extensive experience with professional liability matters in the construction sector; he is actively involved in ongoing civil litigation arising out of the Grenfell Tower fire. Anna Laney KC was appointed silk in March 2024.
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Témoignages
Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.
- ‘The clerks are excellent. Steve Purse leads the professional negligence team and is always very easy to deal with.’
- ‘Steve Purse is superb.’
- ‘They have significant strength in depth in most areas, including construction and professional negligence.’
- ‘Crown Office Chambers is an excellent set. It has strength and depth across many areas of law. It has a superb clerks room.’
- ‘The barristers are all easy work with and the clerks are first-rate.’
- ‘It is a very strong set.’
- ‘They offer a very good service.’
- ‘The clerks at chambers are attentive and extremely helpful.’
Avocats
Leading silks
2024 Silks
Meilleurs Juniors
Nicola Atkins
‘Nicola is legally and strategically astute with a consistently approachable and composed manner. Nicola's pleadings are always of the highest caliber.’
Suzanne Chalmers
‘She is extremely clear and straightforward. Her advice is very sound and well thought through.’
Caroline McColgan
‘She provides good analytical and commercial advice. She is very much a team player and always happy to help. Her written work is excellent.’
Elizabeth Boon
‘Elizabeth is absolutely tenacious and her advocacy is exceptional.’
John Greenbourne
‘He is thorough. His documents are without fault and he is very good on his feet.’
Richard Sage
‘Richard is very easy to work with, clever, and hardworking. His written work is very clear and is a very good strategic thinker.’
Carlo Taczalski
‘Carlo is an excellent barrister. He has is bright, hardworking, and a good strategist.’
Michael Harper
‘Michael is a tenacious barrister. He is incredibly diligent and leaves no stone unturned. He makes even the most difficult issues digestible for clients.’
Patrick Maxwell
‘He has good attention to detail. He is responsive, collaborative, and very easy to deal with.’
Charles Pimlott
‘Charles is excellent to work with. He is super responsive and always makes himself available. His drafting is first-rate, and his advice on merits and strategy is always spot on.’
Frederick Simpson
‘He is an outstanding junior. He is legally and strategically astute with an outstanding eye for detail. He is a real go-to for a junior on construction matters. His style of advocacy is confident and composed.’
Rising stars
Jeunes avocats collaborateurs ou counsels qui se distinguent régulièrement par leur présence dans des dossiers importants du marché, et qui sont identifiés par le marché comme de jeunes talents à suivre.
