Ian Short

Shipping litigation.

Ian is a Director and Lawyer based in CJC’s London Office, having been a founding member of the firm’s Singapore Office in 2014, helping to develop the firm’s presence across Asia.  Ian returned to the London Office in 2019.

Ian specialises in commercial shipping and maritime disputes, covering the full range of P&I and defence work, marine insurance issues and disputes arising out of the sale/purchase and building of ships. Ian’s practice also encompasses collisions and ship damage claims and advises clients on international trade disputes.

On the non-contentious side, Ian is involved in drafting a wide range of shipping contracts, including charterparty terms, COAs and sale agreements.

Ian has run several cases through Singapore and London Arbitration and successfully obtained English High Court Judgments, such as the Alhani [2018] EWHC 1495 (Comm), the leading case on the Hague Rules time bar applying to misdelivery claims and Libyan Navigator Ltd v Lamda Maritime Holdings Sp. z. o. O [2014] EWHC 1399 (Comm), the key case regarding the interpleader procedure in the context of liened sub-hires and sub-freights.

Ian helped take the Singapore Office from start-up to being ranked in Tier 2 in Legal 500 2019. An example of the write-ups include this from Legal 500 2018:

"Campbell Johnston Clark Singapore LLP’s team utilises its ‘acute understanding of the commercial realities for their clients’ to provide ‘thorough, well-reasoned and accurate advice’ and ‘superb service’, making it ‘one of the most reliable firms in the sector’."

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 said:

"Ian Short is ‘a first-class lawyer with outstanding legal knowledge and razor-sharp analysis’; he is ‘down to earth, with a firm but realistic approach to disputes’."

University of Southampton (LLB), Skinners’ School, Tunbridge Wells.