Keating Chambers: The Podcast Keating Chambers

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is ‘Inspire Inclusion’. In that spirit, Keating barristers Lucy Garrett KC and Emma Healiss have invited three incredibly inspirational women: Emily Monastiriotis (Head of Dispute Resolution at Simmons & Simmons), Kate Corby (Partner at Baker & McKenzie); and Theresa Mohammed (Partner at Watson Farley Williams), to discuss their experiences within the legal and construction industries and how they think this space has become and can continue...

This is the last in our series of podcasts to mark 150 years of the Technology and Construction Courts, a series where we have highlighted some of the key cases where the TCC has influenced the development of the law. In this episode, Tom Lazur, Brenna Conroy and Charlie Thompson look into the legal black hole and the case of Alfred McAlpine Construction v Panatown, a judgment handed down in 2000. It is one of the few cases where the issue came before the House of Lords twice in re...

This is the fourth in a series of podcasts coming this year, all recorded to celebrate 150 years of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC). In each episode, Keating barristers will choose one leading case from the TCC and review its significance. In this special episode Sam Townend KC chairs a discussion between counsel who acted in the first reported case on ten year new-build home insurance policies, Marchant v Caswell [1976] 2 EGLR 23, Lord Grabiner KC (One Essex Court), Professo...

This is the third in a series of podcasts coming this year, all recorded to celebrate 150 years of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC). In each episode, Keating barristers will choose one leading case from the TCC and review how it has faired over the years, including discussion of subsequent cases that have focused on it.In this episode James Thompson, Tom Coulson, Tom Walker and Isobel Kamber have taken a slightly different approach to the series and discuss one of the most signific...

This is the second in a series of podcasts coming this year, all recorded to celebrate 150 years of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC). In each episode, Keating barristers will chose one leading case from the TCC and review how it has faired over the years, including discussion of subsequent cases that have focused on it.In this episode Calum Lamont KC and Paul Buckingham KC discuss the scope of ‘fitness for purpose’ obligations in construction contracts, starting with arguably the m...

This episode, hosted by Marie Sparkes, celebrates International Women's Day and explores 2023’s “embrace equity” theme. It showcases the variety of roles women play within Chambers and highlights the steps Keating have taken towards achieve equity in the workplace.Marie is joined by Lucy Garrett KC, Alice Sims, Alison Crosland and Amy Barrie who share their experiences, from “unconventional” career paths and challenges they have faced along the way, to positive developments they have seen wit...