Gatehouse Chambers

Kort specialises in domestic and international commercial disputes with particular expertise in construction, energy and related insurance matters.

Kort is trusted to handle high value and complex disputes as sole counsel. Recent work as sole counsel includes advising a sub-contractor in respect of a dispute worth over £15 million concerning a power plant and defending a £2.5 million claim in the TCC.

In addition to his work as sole counsel, Kort has acted as junior counsel for leading silks and senior juniors. Recent led work includes a coverage dispute worth £15 million concerning cladding (led by Paul Reed KC) and a multi-million pound professional negligence dispute (led by David Pliener KC).

In addition to his domestic practice, Kort has worked on disputes in continental Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

Publications

“‘Smash and Grab Adjudications’ – What are we still arguing about” – Society of Construction Law, September 2023

Contributor to Paul Reed KC’s Construction All Risks Insurance, 3rd edition, 2021 and Construction Professional Indemnity Insurance, 2nd edition, 2022

Contributor to Understanding the FIDIC Red and Yellow Books, Simon Hughes KC and Jeremy Glover, 2018

Called 2017, Gray’s Inn

BPTC, BPP, Prince of Wales Scholar of Gray’s Inn

GDL, BPP, Distinction (1st in year overall and in 5 of the 7 core modules)

MPhil Management, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, Distinction (1st in year)

Theology and Religious Studies, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, Double First

TECBAR, COMBAR, Gray’s Inn