Keating Chambers

Calum is an energetic and enthusiastic lawyer, commanding a broad commercial practice in line with Chambers’ profile with experience in construction, engineering, shipbuilding and energy disputes, together with related insurance and professional negligence matters. He is familiar with leading disputes arising out of a variety of commercial, public and residential construction projects, with particular expertise in infrastructure and offshore matters in both domestic and international arbitration as well as the TCC and Commercial Court.

Calum has significant experience in international arbitrations involving construction disputes, particularly in the Gulf, Korea & Hong Kong. He is familiar with acting under various different rules (including ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, DIAC and LMAA). He also has a busy offshore practice with extensive experience in delayed delivery claims, as well as disputes arising out of defective construction and operation of drilling vessels and rigs.

Prior to taking Silk in 2022, Calum was ranked as a Band 1 junior in three practice areas by Chambers & Partners, Chambers Global, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal, which recommend him as “astonishingly bright and absolutely brilliant on technically complex cases” , and note that his “intellect, and ability to find solutions to seemingly impossible problems and work-rate are unparalleled at the Bar.”

Calum was awarded Constuction Junior of the Year in 2016 and International Arbitration Junior of the Year in 2018 at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards.

Calum accepts instructions on a public access, licensed access and pro bono basis, and is a TECBAR accredited mediator and adjudicator.

Calum is concerned about access to justice, and sits on the steering committee for www.probonoskills.com, a not-for-profit platform providing pro bono law clinics with quality on-demand training.

Silk, 2022 DIFC Registered Practitioner, 2016 TECBAR accredited Adjudicator, 2011 TECBAR accredited Mediator, 2011 Public Access Training, 2009 Keating Chambers, 2004 Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law (Outstanding), 2004 Diploma in Law/CPE (Distinction), City University (Distinction), 2003 L’Oréal (UK) Ltd, 2002 M.Phil. Historical Studies, St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University 2001 MA History (Double First Class), St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University 2000

French, German.

Society of Construction Law (SCL) Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR) Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)

Rugby, music and British imperial History.