Essex Court Chambers

Shipping: charterparty and bills of lading disputes; cargo claims; ship building; ship sales and purchases; arbitrations under LMAA and other rules. Insurance and reinsurance: coverage and avoidance issues in marine and non-marine policies; proportional and excess of loss involving both Lloyds of London and the company market. Building/engineering: construction, contract disputes, particularly those involving technical/engineering problems. Commodity sales: international sale of goods; arbitrations under rules of GAFTA, RSA, SAL, CTF etc. Oil/energy: refinery and tanker disaster claims; disputes under oil field joint venture, long-term supply and survey contracts; co-counsel on power station construction arbitration. Intellectual property: patent claims; software disputes. Arbitration: appointed arbitrator under rules of LMAA, ICC, LCIA, Lloyd’s arbitration and ad hoc. Mediation: successful mediations in many of the above fields.

ADR Chambers; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (fellow); Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR); Lloyd’s Panel of Arbitrators; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; London Court of International Arbitration.