Position

Caroline specialises in insurance and property damage disputes, construction, and professional negligence claims. She regularly appears in the High Court and has also been instructed, with a leader, in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.  In 2020, she was instructed in the FCA’s ground-breaking Business Interruption Test Case, which considered the response of various policies of business interruption insurance to the Covid-19 pandemic.  She has significant experience of alternative dispute resolution, and has conducted a number of very high value arbitrations and adjudications.

Caroline is a contributing author of Emden on Construction Law, co-writing Chapter 2 on Formation of Contract.

Education

St Michaels Grammar School (1998-2005); University of Oxford, Magdalen college (2005-08, MA, Modern History); BPP Law School (2008-09, GDL; 2009-10, BVC).

Mentions

London Bar

Construction

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Caroline McColgan – Crown Office Chambers

London Bar

Insurance and reinsurance

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Caroline McColgan –Crown Office Chambers ‘Easy to deal with and responsive.'  

London Bar

Professional negligence

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Caroline McColgan –Crown Office Chambers 'Easy to work with and responsive.'