As the ‘strongest specialist construction set in the country’ according to some, Keating Chambers tackles an array of significant domestic and international disputes, with particular expertise in fire safety and cladding related cases. Jonathan Selby KC and Tom Coulson continue to represent the housebuilder in Martlet Homes vs Mulalley & Co, a major post-Grenfell TCC fire safety and cladding case, while Simon Hughes KC and James Frampton are acting for the contractor. Sarah Williams is instructed by Shepherd Construction Limited in another major cladding claim. Other key cases include Piers Stansfield KC, who is representing Cambridge City Council in a High Court action regarding design defects in a major infrastructure project, and Paul Bury acted as counsel for Outotec, defending several liquidated damages, defects, and termination costs claims on a waste-to-energy power plant. Significant team changes include Tom Owen KC taking silk in March 2024.
Testimonials
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- 'The clerking team at Keating is excellent - Rob Garvan at Keating is very responsive to urgent enquiries and always very accommodating.'
- 'The clerks deliver a first class service. The Joint Directors of Clerking James Luxmoore and Will Shrubsall are doing an excellent job and complement each other very well.'
- 'Outstanding across the board. Will Shrubsall and James Luxmoore lead the team with distinction. The room is full of stars. Jade Clark, Sam Kennett, Rob Garvan, Jacob Watson and Amy Barrie are professional, dedicated and experienced. The assistant practice managers Rosina Thomas, Charlotte Hindmarsh and Liyah Liburd all provide invaluable support.'
- 'Keating has a reputation as a leading construction set, and deservedly so - the barristers are, from the most senior silk to the most junior tenant, excellent and really know all areas of construction law. They are a go-to set for all construction disputes.'
- 'Top chambers in construction work. Extreme strength in depth.'
- 'It is one of the leading sets in international construction and energy arbitration and a go-to for quality barristers from junior to silk.'
- 'Keating is the strongest specialist construction set in the country.'
- 'Keating Chambers is the preeminent construction set. It has strength in depth across the seniority and practice fields, and in the clerking, marketing, administrative and support teams.