Chambers News
Team 4KBW will be running in the Reading half marathon on 1st April 2012.
We are running for a charity called Launchpad Reading, which provides supported housing to disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Reading. We appreciate that you may get many requests to dig deep but we’d be delighted if you’d support us and our chosen charity.
January 2012
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Patrick McMorrow and Isaac Maka have joined chambers.
December 2011
New Tenants: Chambers is delighted that Farah Amin, Peter Collins and Michaella Jacobs have joined chambers.
October 2011
Building on their work in this specialist area Michael Salter of Ely Place, and Chris Bryden of 4KBW this week gave evidence to a Parliamentary Group Inquiry into potential amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997(Click here for more info.
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Lee Harris has joined chambers.
June 2011
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Gwynn Price Rowlands has joined chambers.
Patrick McMorrow
Areas of Practice:
- Construction & Property
- Commercial
- Personal Injury
Patrick has an established civil litigation-based practice. Prior to being called to the Bar in 1996, he spent 20 years in the construction industry, including running his own building company.
Construction and Property
Patrick advises and represents parties in disputes concerning defective workmanship, contract price, penalty clauses and professional negligence (including architects, surveyors and structural engineers). He undertakes commercial and residential landlord and tenant work, boundary and neighbour disputes, easements and right of way, and appears before the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT).
Commercial
Patrick’s work is both advisory and court-based, dealing with contractual disputes, debt recovery, consumer credit agreements and insurance.
Personal Injury
He represents claimants and defendants in Fast-Track and Multi-Track cases involving road traffic, employers and occupiers liability, Highways Act matters and package holiday claims. He regularly advises on liability and quantum and settles pleadings. Patrick has also represented a number of claimants in actions arising out of clinical negligence.
Education & Qualifications:
LL.B (Hons.) London School of Economics
Bar Vocational Course – Inns of Court School of Law
West Kent College
St Joseph’s Academy, Blackheath
Professional Courses:
Bar Direct Access
Professional Memberships:
PIBA, TECBAR, South Eastern Circuit, Thames Valley Bar Mess
Public Access:
Accepts instructions direct from businesses and individuals via the Public Access scheme
Interests:
Patrick is a keen golfer and is a member of both the Inner Temple and Bar Golfing Societies.
He is also a keen runner and is currently training for the London Marathon.
