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Our experience in the national and international dispute resolution fields means that we make a positive difference to the outcome for our clients. We do this by paying close attention to detail without losing sight of the bigger commercial picture. We know which arguments are attractive to Tribunals and which are not because we are skilled in the art of advocacy. Read more…
Our recognised speciality is in disputes which require a detailed technical understanding of how things work and why it is that they go wrong. The factual complexities of these disputes are frequently matched by the complexity of the legal framework in which they arise. The ability to unpick the issues and find a clear way through is what sets us apart. Read more…
Atkin Chambers was the first ever UK chambers to win the Queen’s Award for enterprise in international trade, the UK’s highest recognition for international business success. We are ranked band 1 in international arbitration in the most recent Chambers UK Bar Guide and have been so for many years. Read more…
Atkin Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers. It has been described as “the place to go for substantial international disputes” and “the premier construction set”.
Members have an international reputation as specialist advocates and experts in all forms of dispute resolution in the sectors in which they operate.
That expertise extends primarily, but not exclusively, across construction and engineering, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, shipbuilding and offshore construction, transport, IT and telecommunications, and professional negligence.
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Laura Hussey to join Atkin Chambers as a tenant
Atkin Chambers is delighted that Laura Hussey will be joining Chambers as a tenant on 12 September 2018, following the completion […]
Atkin Chambers shortlisted for “Set of the Year” in Construction and International...
Atkin Chambers is pleased to be shortlisted for two Set of the Year awards in this year’s Chambers Bar Awards. […]
“Agreed in principle”: Sir Robert Akenhead and Christopher Reid for Building Magazine
Sir Robert Akenhead, with assistance from Christopher Reid, asks “when is a contract a contract? – is it when a […]
5 September 2018: Rupert Choat to speak at Construction Law Summer School
Rupert Choat will speak at the Construction Law Summer School 2018, which will be held at Gonville & Caius College, […]
6 September 2018: Nicholas Maciolek speaking to the SCL in Leeds
Nicholas Maciolek will speak to the SCL on an ‘Introduction to building contracts – understanding key clauses’ in Leeds on […]
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC will contribute to the Women in Law Summit panel discussion ‘The...
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC will join a panel at the Women in Law Summit to discuss ‘The Road to Success: Is […]
“Atkin Chambers is ‘one of the best construction and engineering chambers in the UK, if not the world’, where ‘the strength in depth is unparalleled’.”
Legal 500 2017
“The place to go for substantial international disputes.”
Legal 500 2016
Atkin Chambers continues to rank number one in Chambers Global for Construction as a “premier set comprising an array of highly regarded construction law barristers”.
Recommended chambers in Legal 500 Asia Pacific reflecting its “worldwide footprint in construction law” and acknowledged as one of the chambers with the most silks ranked in 2018.
Hudson’s Building and Engineering Contracts is regarded by many as the leading reference on Construction Law. The 13th Edition, edited by Nicholas Dennys QC and Robert Clay, provides a comprehensive update on the law and interpretation of construction contracts and was brought up to date by a panel comprising of many of the leading practitioners at Atkin Chambers.
