Lucy is “brilliant… and hugely energetic.” She is “a brilliant advocate with a superb way of persuading judges,” and “an exceptionally good operator who is easy to deal with and wears her enormous intellect lightly.” “The clients love her and her work is always first class.”

Lucy was called to the Bar in 2001 and was made Queen’s Counsel in 2018. She has an impressive specialist practice in construction, engineering, energy and shipbuilding, with a particular focus on projects involving complex factual, technical and contractual disputes.  Her practice includes claims for and against construction professionals in these sectors and project-related issues such as insurance, bonds and guarantees. Lucy also advises on and acts in adjudications, from referral stage to enforcement.

She is always in demand for her forceful advocacy, commercial approach and “stellar” intellectual ability, which has led to instructions in a series of high profile, high value disputes. She has extensive experience in the TCC and the Commercial Court in the UK, and in international arbitration including in civil code jurisdictions. She is familiar with international parties and tribunals.

Lucy is the author of the Time and Termination chapters in the leading text in its field, Keating on Offshore Construction and Marine Engineering (2nd Edn, published September 2018), and is co-author of the new authoritative title ‘Litigation in the TCC’. In addition, she is co-editor of Keating on JCT Contracts and a contributor to Keating on Construction Contracts.

Lucy was one of The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” in 2021.

Called 2001; Gray’s Inn, Prince of Wales Scholar 2001; pupillage and tenancy at 2 Temple Gardens 2001-04; tenancy Keating Chambers 2004; Silk 2018.

TECBAR; COMBAR; Society of Construction Law.

Ryde High School; University of Manchester (1998 BA Hons English Language and 1st class); Metropolitan University of Manchester (2000 PgDL); Inns of Court School of Law (2001 Bar Vocational Course Very Competent).

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