We are delighted to have been ranked in the Who’s Who Legal 2021 Guides. Those below have been recognised for their expertise in the following areas: Arbitration Nicholas Vineall QC – National Guide Rachel Ansell QC – National Guide Civil Fraud Nigel Tozzi QC – National Leader Construction Sean Brannigan QC – Global Guide and […]
4th June 2021
4 Pump Court are delighted that Members of Chambers have been recognised for their commercial and construction work in the Middle East by the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2021. Stephen Cogley QC has been included in the commercial rankings, whilst leading silks ranked in the construction guide include Sean Brannigan QC, Lord Marks QC, Duncan […]
19th April 2021
4 Pump Court are delighted that Members of Chambers have been recognised for their construction work in the Middle East by the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2020. Leading silks ranked in the guide include Sean Brannigan QC, Lord Marks QC, Duncan McCall QC, Rachel Ansell QC, Ben Pilling QC, Alexander Hickey QC, Lynne McCafferty QC and James Leabeater QC. Leading juniors in the rankings […]
17th April 2020
We are delighted that Jessica Stephens QC and Sanjay Patel have been recognised in Who’s Who Legal ‘Construction 2020 – Future Leaders – Legal Marketplace Analysis’. Jessica has been listed as one of three ‘Most Highly Regarded’ Non-Partners, being described as a “highly confident and persuasive advocate”, and Sanjay has been recognised as “a top-notch practitioner credited with a ‘careful and […]
6th April 2020
Introduction 1. The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic is in full rage. The battle to cope with and ultimately defeat the pandemic has caused immediate profound changes in society and the economy (at least for now) although it is currently difficult to predict the full effects of what will happen or how long they will be felt. […]
31st March 2020
We are delighted that Sean Brannigan QC, Rachel Ansell QC and Alexander Hickey QC have been recognised as Thought Leaders: Construction 2019 in the Who’s Who Legal Guide. Sean, Rachel and Alex are also all listed as both National and Global Leaders within construction, which can be found here.
12th December 2019
4 Pump Court are delighted that Members of Chambers have been recognised for their construction work in the Middle East by the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2019. Barristers ranked in the guide include: Leading Silks Sean Brannigan QC Lord Marks QC Duncan McCall QC Rachel Ansell QC Ben Pilling QC Alexander Hickey QC James Leabeater […]
10th April 2019
On 4 May 2018, Alexander Hickey QC and Martyn Naylor were successful in an appeal hearing which will be of interest to all contractors who carry out domestic construction projects. The case itself concerned two contracts for the installation of a fitted kitchen and other bespoke installation works between a consumer, Mr Kharlamov, and a […]
29th May 2018
4 Pump Court are delighted that Members of Chambers are recognised for their construction work in the Middle East by the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2018. Members ranked as Leading Silks include Duncan McCall QC, Sean Brannigan QC, Rachel Ansell QC and Alexander Hickey QC, James Leabeater and Sanjay Patel are ranked as Leading Juniors. […]
16th April 2018
On March 13th we hosted the second session in our two part series of seminars focusing on the consequences of Carillon’s collapse. Chaired by Sean Brannigan QC, Alexander Hickey QC and Luke Wygas, experts in disputes arising from PFI contracts, discussed the likely consequences of the Carillion collapse on PFI contracts going forward. Alexander Hickey […]
23rd March 2018
Today, the Supreme Court have handed down a unanimous judgment in Tiuta International Ltd v De Villiers Chartered Surveyors [2017] UKSC 77, raising a novel point of causation of loss in valuer’s negligence claims. Alexander Hickey QC and Robert Scrivener acted for the successful appellants. The claimant had loaned a borrower some £2.5 million under […]
29th November 2017
In an important decision handed down today in Kilker Projects Ltd v Purton [2016] (14 October 2016) Mrs Justice O’Farrell has decided that a party can adjudicate the valuation of a final payment under the Scheme even though there is no payment notice, and that there is a difference between final payment and interim payments. […]
14th October 2016
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