Chris Ritchie > Arthur Cox Belfast > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Arthur Cox Belfast Offices
VICTORIA HOUSE
GLOUCESTER STREET
BELFAST
BT1 4LS
United Kingdom
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Chris Ritchie
Work Department
Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations
Position
Partner
Career
Chris Ritchie is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group in the Arthur Cox Belfast Office in Northern Ireland.
Chris has represented insurers and large corporates in Northern Ireland over many years, building up a reputation for sound commercial advice on technical matters but always with the overall goal of problem resolution in mind. His opponents have identified him as an amiable but strategic practitioner and “a conscientious but unshowy lawyer who gets on with the job”. His practice in the insurance sphere includes EL/PL/EPL, Health and Safety, Motor and Professional indemnity. Chris is also experienced in the fields of public procurement and judicial review.
Memberships
Law Society of NI; Law Society (England and Wales); FOIL.
Education
- LLB (Hons); Certificate of Professional Legal Studies
- MA Legal and Administrative Studies
- Admitted as a solicitor in Northern Ireland, 1995
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales, 2002
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
The dispute resolution team at Arthur Cox Belfast provides legal representation for insurance companies or corporate clients across various personal injury cases, encompassing employers’ liability, public liability, and occupiers’ liability claims. The ‘very responsible and knowledgeable’ Chris Ritchie leads the team. Ritchie specialises in areas including hearing loss and product liability claims.
Northern Ireland > Dispute resolution
(Leading partners)The Arthur Cox Belfast litigation and dispute resolution department has a strong base of global clients, including Coca-Cola, Aer Lingus, and Volvo. Catriona Gibson
, ‘a first class litigator’ leads the practice. Gibson specialises in a wide range of contractual disputes, commercial litigation and recoveries. Gibson’s recent cases have included defending Renault on loss and damage claims arising from alleged anti-competitive behaviour. Chris Ritchie often acts in large commercial disputes; he has been defending Jaguar Land Rover in a case arising from a product recall of vehicles. Meanwhile, the ‘talented, level-headed’ David Black specialises in commercial disputes as well as professional negligence litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Northern Ireland
- Leading partners Northern Ireland > Dispute resolution
- Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant Northern Ireland > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate