Lucie Briggs is a barrister at Atkin Chambers in London where she specializes in construction and engineering, energy, information technology, and professional negligence disputes for a wide variety of contractors, private employers, manufacturers, and their professional advisers globally. She has a broad practice with expertise in domestic and international arbitration, domestic courts, mediation and all aspects of adjudication proceedings. As part of her diverse practice, she appears regularly as sole counsel in court, arbitration, mediation and adjudication hearings. She has also advised on and acted in appellant proceedings.
Lucie has more recently developed extensive experience and a particular specialism in cladding disputes and the Building Regulations relating to fire safety following the Grenfell fire. As well as advising on and representing parties in relation to cladding disputes, Lucie is regularly invited to give talks and seminars on the subject of the Building Regulations and cladding litigation post Grenfell.
She is described as a “fierce advocate” in Chambers and Partners (UK Bar 2023) “excellent on detail, the law, and practical and commercial issues” and as a first-rate barrister in The Legal 500, which also noted her “enviable understanding of the construction sector.”