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Camille Slow KC’s practice covers a broad range of commercial matters with a particular focus on construction and professional negligence disputes.
She is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution including international and domestic arbitration, High Court, adjudication, DABs, expert determination, and mediation. She undertakes work in numerous industry sectors and has particular experience of social housing, ultraluxury residential, infrastructure and energy projects, public services and transport.
Her professional negligence experience is considerable, in particular in matters with a construction context, having often acted for, and against, multidisciplinary firms, architects, engineers, surveyors, project managers and planning professionals, amongst others. Camille also acts and advises in claims against legal professionals, in particular in connection with the conduct of technology and construction disputes.
She is frequently instructed by governments, local governments / government departments, insurers, professionals, developers and construction companies, as well as private individuals, both domestically and internationally. Camille also has experience in a number of high-profile fraud and conspiracy cases in the Chancery Division and Commercial Court.
Camille has an exceptional track record acting as sole counsel, having been retained in this capacity for many high-value, complex disputes both in the UK and overseas long before taking silk. She carries out a considerable amount of advocacy, regularly appearing in court and arbitrations as sole or leading counsel. Camille has a particular reputation for her skill in handling expert evidence, in particular during cross examination. Recent directories praise her as being “phenomenally good with technical expert evidence” (Legal 500).
Camille has been ranked in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for many years. She is recommended in the fields of construction, international arbitration and professional negligence. She is also listed in The Legal 500 English Bar (Middle East), Chambers Global, and Who’s Who Legal in Construction and as a Future Leader.
The directories repeatedly praise her advocacy skills, tenacity, ability marshalling complex facts and her approachability and ease in dealing with and advising clients; “Camille is wonderful to work with. She is a great team player and very reassuring with clients. Her advocacy is excellent – she is confident and fluid and nothing seems to faze her.“ (Chambers and Partners).
Camille is noted as providing “…well-considered, timely and effective advice.” (Chambers and Partners). She regularly advises on, and acts for, clients both domestically and internationally in connection with all the standard forms of building and engineering contracts. She has particular experience of disputes involving design and build defects, cost overruns and delay and disruption cases. Her experience includes:
Camille is “really good on her feet, and very unassuming and gentle in conference.” (Professional Negligence, Chambers and Partners). She has considerable experience in representing claimants, defendants and their indemnity insurers in professional negligence matters. This includes advising on and representing clients in respect of cases relating to allegations of negligence against surveyors, engineers, solicitors, barristers, contract administrators, and architects. Camille has particular expertise in multi-party cases and cases concerning the appointment of professionals under multi-disciplinary appointments. Her experience includes:
Camille has particular expertise in the energy / natural resources sector having been instructed as Counsel in a number of substantial high-value disputes on behalf of major energy companies. Her experience includes:
Camille regularly advises upon, and acts for clients in relation to, disputes concerning building safety, in particular, disputes arising under, or by virtue of, the Building Safety Act 2022, the Defective Premises Act 1972 (as amended), including but not limited to combustible cladding, fire barriers and disputes concerning non-fire related safety defects. Her experience includes:
Camille advises and acts for public bodies and contractors in connection with PFI projects, acting in relation to disputes about termination, compliance, levying of service points, quality of delivery etc. Relevant experience includes:
Camille’s adjudication experience includes advising on the enforcement of awards and attending summary judgement hearings both to enforce and resist the enforcement of adjudicator’s decision. As well as her enforcement experience, she has significant experience conducting adjudications including attending hearings before adjudicators. Her experience includes:
Camille has experience in a wide range of practice areas, including commercial fraud. Additionally, she has developed considerable experience in insolvency related cases, with a particular focus on insolvency issues arising within a construction context. Her experience includes:
Camille has experience in the information technology and telecommunications field acting for suppliers and contractors in relation to telecommunication systems. Her experience includes:
Irwell Riverside Developments Ltd v Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd [2024] EWHC 2110 (TCC)
Dimension Data Advanced Infrastructure Ltd v Berkeley Homes Plc [2020] EWHC 1328 (TCC)
Mears Ltd v (1) Costplan Services (South East) Ltd (2) Plymouth (Notte Street) Ltd (3) JR Pickstock Ltd (2019) [2019] EWCA Civ 502 (CA)
Mears Ltd v Costplan Services (South East) Ltd [2018] EWHC 3363 (TCC)
Lindsay v Berkeley Homes (Capital) Plc 4. Lindsay v Berkeley Homes (Capital) Plc [2018] EWHC 2042 (TCC)
Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 990 (CA)
Marc Gilbard 2009 Settlement Trust (trustees of) v OD Developments and Projects Ltd 159 Con LR 150, [2015] BLR 213, [2015] EWHC 70 (TCC)
O’Rourke Construction Ltd v Healthcare Support (Newcastle) Ltd & Ors 155 Con LR 148 / [2014] CILL 3549
Bluewater Energy Services BV v Mercon Steel Structures BV & Ors [2014] 155 Con LR 85
Transport for Greater Manchester v Thales Transport & Security Ltd [2012] EWHC 3717 (TCC)
West Country Renovations Ltd v McDowell & Anor (Rev 1) [2012] EWHC 307 (TCC) (23 February 2012) [2012] 3 All ER 106, [2012] BLR 255, [2013] 1 WLR 416
Redwing Construction Ltd v Wishart [2011] BLR 186: [2011] TCLR 5: [2011] 2 Costs LO 212: [2011] Lloyd’s Rep IR 331: [2011] 1 EGLR 13: [2011] 15 EG 94: [2011] CILL 2997: [2011] 161 NLJ 137
LPI (Hotels) Ltd v Technical & General Guarantee CO SA [2010] 132 Con LR 90, [2010] CILL 2926
Enterprise Managed Services Ltd v Tony McFadden Utilities Ltd [2009] [2010] BLR 89 and see also [2010] EWHC 1506 (TCC) / [2011] Bus LR D11
Camille is one of the contributors to ‘Hudson’s Building and Engineering Contracts’.
Camille is a member of COMBAR, LCLCBA, TECBAR and the SCL.
“Camille is richly deserving of her silk appointment. She’s one of the very best.”
“Camille has a deep understanding of construction disputes, and her oral cross-examination of experts is excellent.”
“Camille is wonderful to work with. She is a great team player and very reassuring with clients. Her advocacy is excellent – she is confident and fluid and nothing seems to faze her.”
International Arbitration, Chambers UK Bar 2025
“Camille Slow’s approach to litigation is creative and forceful.”
“Camille is a pleasure to work with. She is forensic, robust and good humoured.”
“She impresses with the speed with which she grasps issues, nuances and key details.”
Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2025
“Camille was very responsive and approachable.”
“She is an unbelievable worker and processes things very quickly. She has a really sharp brain and processes it very quickly. She is very user-friendly.”
“Camille is very practical and willing to do all that is needed for the client.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2025
“Camille is a clever advocate. She is phenomenally good with technical expert evidence. Her cross examination style is focused.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2025
“Camille is very approachable and easy to work with. A great team player. Excellent with clients – very reassuring and clear. Good on technical detail. Able to see all the arguments and present them in a clear and persuasive way. Excellent.”
“Camille has a strong attention to detail, is extremely responsiveness and technically very sharp.”
International Arbitration, The Legal 500 2025
“Camille is user-friendly. She is willing to work as part of the team to deliver the best results.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2025
“Responsiveness and attention to detail. Her advocacy work has been first rate.”
Construction, Middle East: The English Bar, The Legal 500 2025
“Camille is outstanding. Her advice is commercial and sensible. Her advocacy is razor-sharp and nuanced. She is adept at dealing with clients as well as judges.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2024
“Camille gets into and understands the details of the case, in particular when it comes to complex matters. She is thus able to advocate from a position of understanding the details well and that shows and is impressive in her advocacy.”
International Arbitration, The Legal 500 2024
“Constructive approach and clear advice.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2024
“Camille Slow is outstanding in all areas and a go-to senior junior for any construction work.”
“An outstanding junior who is well on the way to silk. Her work is of the very highest standard.”
“Camille is a phenomenal barrister – strong, effective and extremely smart. She is also great to work with and instils a great atmosphere in every team.”
“Camille is really my go-to person. She is incredibly available and accessible; I know I can call her whenever and get a straight answer and get proper guidance on an issue.”
“She’s excellent with clients and consistently impressive – one of our go-to barristers.”
Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2024
“Camille Slow has an excellent legal mind and is highly skilled and approachable.”
“Camille is responsive, insightful and user-friendly.”
“Camille’s advice is always clear and to the point. She is excellent at getting to the heart of a matter and removing extraneous information quickly so that the focus is on the right points at the right time.”
“On her feet Camille impresses with her command of the details and a compelling, measured style.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2024
“She’s incredibly thorough and diligent, she picks up every detail and chases it down, so there are never any last-minute surprises.”
“Thorough and meticulous in her approach, Camille delivers oral advice expertly and very clearly.” “Camille is an excellent advocate.”
Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2023
“She’s fantastic on her feet; she really gets into the detail and she manages the client extremely effectively.”
“Camille is really constructive and great on cross-examination.”
“A highly accomplished senior junior who is thorough and meticulous in her approach.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2023
“Camille is extremely bright and pragmatic, and her tactical ability is excellent. Her advocacy is perfectly balanced, and clients really appreciate her skills in distilling a complex dispute into its commercial fundamentals.”
Construction, The Legal 500, 2023
“Camille is extremely easy to deal with. She is an excellent lawyer and tactician. She is very affable but can change tone in cross examination to great effect. Lay clients love working with Camille who at all times provides succinct and easy to digest advice and guidance.”
Middle East: Construction, The Legal 500 2023
“Camille’s ability to thoroughly master documents and carry out all necessary legal research is not in question. What marks her out is her abilities to take account of the commercial realities and risks of litigation and devise a clear strategy for the long term and to present her legal advice and on strategy in a clear and readily digestible manner. Clients really appreciate her skills in distilling a complex dispute into its commercial fundamentals.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2023
She is just excellent with a superb intellect and a creative approach.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2022
“She is excellent in court.”
“A particularly well-regarded barrister who has a history of handling major matters.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2022
“Camille is tenacious and incisive. A quality mind and a successful strategist.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2022
“Camille is exceptional and is extremely easy to work with whilst providing insightful and concise advice on strategy and legal issues. She is always on top of papers, practical, commercial and among the best cross-examiners I have seen.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2022
“Impressively detail-oriented even when working to tight deadlines under a large amount of pressure, her written advocacy is strong and persuasive.”
Middle East: Construction, The Legal 500 2022
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