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Simon Kerry
Position
Simon is a specialist commercial, construction and insolvency barrister. He regularly acts for clients in complex and high value disputes, both in his own right and as part of a counsel team. He has extensive experience of High Court and County Court litigation, adjudication and all forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Simon is qualified as a chartered accountant (ACA) and has a thorough grasp of statutory and management accounts. He has a strong understanding of numerical analysis, which he has successfully brought to bear in many construction and insolvency disputes.
Before coming to Gatehouse Chambers, Simon worked for 4 years at PwC, where he assisted FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and private companies on a range of tax and accounting issues. In particular, he advised on employee remuneration and share incentive arrangements, and spent his final year in a team advising banks and other financial services companies on regulatory issues.
Career
Call: 2012
Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin) – basic
- French – basic
Memberships
- Member of the Society of Construction Lawyers
- Member of TECBAR
Education
- ACA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- BPTC (Outstanding), Nottingham Law School
- LLM (Distinction), University College London
- BA Law (Jurisprudence), Merton College, University of Oxford
- Taylor Prize for best overall performance on the BPTC at Nottingham Law School (2012)
- Winner of the Ropewalk Chambers Mooting Competition, Nottingham Law School (2012)
- Prize for best performance in International and Comparative Law of Trusts, University College London (2011)
- McGrigors Prize for best performance in Tax Law, University of Oxford (2010)
- Joint winner of the Shearman & Sterling Mooting Competition, University of Oxford (2010)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Simon Kerry – Gatehouse Chambers ‘Simon is a very clear communicator. He is able to distil complicated issues into client-friendly advice, both in writing and in conference. His drafting skills are strong. He is an asset to any case on which he works.’
With ‘genuine strength in depth at every level’, Gatehouse Chambers offers representation on a wide range of construction-related issues, with a particular focus in project disputes and defect claims. Leading Ebony Alleyne, Paul Reed KC is instructed to representing Mace in a major contractual claim concerning roof defects at Sky’s headquarters in Osterley. Simon Kerry acted as opposing counsel to David Pliener KC, who represented JN Piling in a three-party claim arising out of an oil spill, while Catherine Piercy KC acted as sole counsel to a Click St Andrew in a damages claim. Helena White continues to represent W Griffiths Architects as sole counsel in a major professional negligence TCC claim regarding fire safety and cladding issues. In the international arena, Andrew Kearney is acting as lead counsel through a high-value ICC arbitration against an international design and build contractor in the engineering sector.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Simon Kerry – Gatehouse Chambers ‘Simon is incredibly hardworking and has an excellent grasp of technically complicated issues that arise during construction disputes.’