On Tuesday, 1st October, Jennie Gillies will be speaking at the Society of Construction Law event “Lessons from Grenfell: Functional Requirements or Prescriptive Rules?” at the National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE. Speaker: Richard Millett K.C., Essex Court Chambers and Lead Counsel to the Grenfell Inquiry. Panel: Mario Lara Ledermann – […]
4 Pump Court has received seven nominations at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024. These awards recognise the top legal professionals and chambers across the country demonstrating outstanding achievements, impressive strategic growth, and excellence in client service delivery. – Construction Set of the Year – IT Set of the Year – Construction Silk of the […]
23rd August 2024
Three Silks and five Junior members of 4 Pump Court have been recognised by Doyles Guide as Leading London Construction Law Counsel 2024. The listing details barristers practising within the areas of construction, infrastructure and major projects matters within the UK legal market who have been identified by the nation’s construction law solicitors for their […]
26th July 2024
On 22 May 2023, at the TECBAR BSA Panel event held at 4 Pump Court, Mr Justice Constable announced the establishment of the TCC’s Building Safety Act Working Group. The BSA Working Group will be formed of representatives from the TCC, the First-tier Tribunal (Property Division), TecSA and TECBAR and will be considering practical challenges […]
In an ex-tempore judgment handed down in the case of Wilmott Dixon -v- Prater and others last Thursday 21st March Jefford J, gave important new guidance in relation to a new and developing front in construction litigation – Building Liability Orders under s.130 of the Building Safety Act 2022. The Background. The case concerns allegations […]
25th March 2024
We are pleased to announce that Jennie Gillies has been appointed a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Jennie has a busy arbitration practice and has significant experience of major domestic and international arbitrations conducted under ICC, LCIA and other institutional rules, both acting as counsel and sitting as an arbitrator.
12th July 2023
On Monday 20 March, Jennie Gillies will be attending ‘Meet the Female Arbitrators’ networking event organised by The Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge (ERA Pledge). The evening will be hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills and has been designed to increase awareness of qualified arbitrator candidates and better serve clients, companies, and organisations in the appointment process.
Today The Lawyer have published their feature on the Top 20 Cases of 2022, highlighting key matters being played out in the courts this year. Featured was Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v Lendlease Construction (Europe) and various third parties, which Head of Chambers, Sean Brannigan KC, and Jennie Gillies are counsel for the claimants: […]
10th January 2022
The latest edition of our Maritime Bulletin is now available. In this edition, James Leabeater KC and Jennie Gillies discuss a new decision from Mauritius which set aside an arbitration award where the contract was alleged to have been agreed in breach of procurement laws. They wonder whether the decision is consistent with the general […]
11th July 2019
4 Pump Court is delighted to announce that Lord Garnier KC has joined 4 Pump Court from One Brick Court with effect from 1st May 2019. Edward has a broad commercial practice spanning defamation and privacy, malicious falsehood, contempt and related media law cases, corporate crime and international human rights. Edward has had an equally […]
1st May 2019
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