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Caroline McColgan

Caroline McColgan

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.

Career

Called 2010, Inner Temple.

Languages

English.

Memberships

TECBAR, COMBAR, PNBA.

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 'Caroline is excellent: a very good construction lawyer, very bright, extremely hard-working, dedicated and terrific with clients. She is also a very good cross-examiner, and a delight to work with.'
London Bar

Insurance and reinsurance

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Caroline McColgan –Crown Office Chambers ‘Caroline is excellent: a very good insurance lawyer, very bright, extremely hard-working, dedicated and terrific with clients.  She is also a very good cross-examiner.’  
London Bar

Professional negligence

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Caroline McColgan –Crown Office Chambers ‘She provides good analytical and commercial advice. She is very much a team player and always happy to help. Her written work is excellent.’