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About
Provided by Catherine Piercy KC
Practice Areas
Catherine Piercy KC is a successful commercial and insurance specialist with a particular focus on construction and engineering disputes, property damage and professional liability. She has a busy court and adjudication practice, acting for insurers, contractors, employers, construction professionals and insolvency practitioners. Catherine has an incredible rate of retention of clients, which reflects her commitment to fighting her client’s case to ensure a positive outcome, and that she is personable and works well as part of the team.
Catherine appears in all levels of tribunal in procedural applications, substantive hearings and trials. Catherine has appeared in the all of the TCCs and acted in adjudications and mediations. Catherine is not only instructed when a dispute has arisen, but, as a result of the rapport she builds with her clients, she is often asked to advise client’s when they believe a dispute may be about to arise.
Catherine is innovative and commercially minded and has a client focused and commercial approach to resolving disputes, giving “good, practical advice”. She effectively manages the legal, expert and client teams to achieve the most favourable outcome for her clients.
Catherine won Construction Junior Barrister of the Year by Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019. She has previously also been shortlisted for “Best Woman in Construction Law” by the Women in Construction and Engineering Awards.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR
TecBar
SCL
Adjudication Society
British Insurance Law Association
Society of Construction Law
Publications
Contributor to Construction All Risks Insurance, published by Sweet & Maxwell.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Catherine Piercy KC is a proficient propertydamagebarrister skilled ininsurance and construction-related disputes. She is capable of dealing with avariety of casesincluding those relating to fire, explosion and water damage.Her clients include insurers and property owners.
Catherine Piercy KC is a widely admired barrister who is regularly instructed to defend claims against structural engineers and other contractors and their insurers.
Catherine Piercy KC's diverse practice includes regular appearances in adjudications, ADR and high-value litigation. She is regularly instructed by a client base of contractors, insurers and other insurance professionals. Her work includes disputes concerning allegedly defective cladding.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Catherine is very experienced and is terrific with lay clients."
"Catherine's written advice is clear, concise and punchy. Her advocacy is also really robust."
"She presents her advice confidently and clearly."
"Catherine Piercy is excellent to work with and passionately fights the client's corner."
"Catherine's written advice is just first class. She's clear, concise and punchy, and doesn't sit on the fence. Her advocacy is also really robust and she is always incredibly well prepared."
"Catherine is very experienced and is terrific with lay clients."
"Catherine's written advice is clear, concise and punchy. Her advocacy is also really robust."
"She presents her advice confidently and clearly."
"Catherine Piercy is excellent to work with and passionately fights the client's corner."
"Catherine's written advice is just first class. She's clear, concise and punchy, and doesn't sit on the fence. Her advocacy is also really robust and she is always incredibly well prepared."
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