Address

131 Finsbury Pavement
London
EC2A 1NT
England
UK

Expertise

• Bills of Lading • FDD Claims

• Bills of lading / Contracts of carriage

About This Individual

• LLB in Law from the University of Sheffield, 2007
• College of Law London post-graduate Legal Practice Course, 2008
• completed training contract with a leading shipping law firm and qualified as a solicitor in 2012
• worked in private practice from 2012 to 2014
• joined Charles Taylor as a Claims Executive in the Mediterranean Syndicate in 2014
• currently working towards the International P&I Qualification
• professional memberships: Law Society for England and Wales, London Shipping Law Center

Publications

• Contracts of carriage and bills of lading - The Hague Visby Rules
• Contracts of carriage and bills of lading - Clausing bills of lading
• What is the timebar for outstanding hire claims?
• Defence Bulletin, August 2016
• Laytime and free pratique
• Standard Safety: Tankers, May 2016
• Defence class cover - A review of off-hire clauses Part one, the NYPE form

News Articles

• Web Alert: Brazilian Customs reintroduce the obligation to produce the original bill of lading for taking delivery
• Web Alert: London Arbitration 19/17: Cargo recovery dispute ends all square
• Web Alert: The Ocean Victory – Supreme Court Decision
• Web Alert: ‘The Arundel Castle’ – High Court clarifies the meaning of 'port limits'
• Web Alert: 'Spar Shipping' - The Court of Appeal confirms that payment of hire is not a condition
• Web Alert: “The Coral Seas” – Can an owner defend an underperformance claim on the basis that hull fouling arose out of the charterer’s orders?
• Defence Bulletin, August 2016
• Web Alert: What’s the time bar for outstanding hire claims? Some guidance issued
• Web Alert: The effect of a Paramount Clause under English law, where the Hague-Visby Rules are compulsorily applicable – Part 2
• Web Alert: The 'MTM Hong Kong' Damages available for wrongful termination of a voyage charter revisited