Leigh-Ann Mulcahy#3229

Leigh-Ann Mulcahy, KC

Barrister, Arbitrator and Mediator, Fountain Court Chambers
Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC is a leading advocate, international arbitrator and mediator at Fountain Court Chambers. Her practice includes insurance and reinsurance, multi-party litigation, international arbitration, product liability, professional negligence and discipline, administrative and public law, and commercial and IT-related disputes.

Leigh-Ann works both domestically and internationally, including in Asia and the Caribbean. She is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the Singapore International Commercial Court, a member of the Governing Council of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre and is also called to the Bar of the Republic of Ireland.

She has significant advocacy experience at all levels, including in appellate proceedings, and has appeared before the Supreme Court and House of Lords. She was a Deputy High Court Judge from 2016 to 2022, with authorisation to sit in the Commercial Court from 2020 to 2022, and is President of the Panel of Senior Decision-Makers at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Leigh-Ann acts as arbitrator in international and domestic disputes, including LCIA, SIAC, Bermuda Form, CIArb and ad hoc arbitrations. Her arbitral appointments include disputes involving insurance coverage, life sciences, banking, oil and gas, fraud, guarantees and commercial quantum.

She was named Insurance Silk of the Year 2024 by Chambers & Partners and Group Litigation and Consumer Silk of the Year 2022 by Legal 500.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Consulting Editorial Board

Qualified Year

  • 1993

Year Taken Silk

  • 2009

Membership

  • Professional Negligence Bar Association
  • London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
  • COMBAR
  • BIICL Product Liability Forum
  • BILA
  • Administrative Law Bar Association

Qualifications

  • CEDR-Accredited Mediator
  • Barrister, Ireland
  • Barrister, England & Wales

Education

  • King's College, London: Diploma in EC Law
  • Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Canada): LLM
  • University of Cambridge: MA

If you expected to see yourself on this page, click here.