Claudia is has experience in a wide range of insurance and reinsurance disputes, including high-level excess liability insurance on the Bermuda Form. She has experience in disputes relating to avoidance for fraud, misrepresentation and non-disclosure, and coverage disputes under professional indemnity, D&O, product and public liability insurance and reinsurance policies.
Claudia is regularly instructed in this core area of Chambers' work. She was recently instructed on behalf of a Lloyd's insurer to review clauses in consumer insurance policies in light of the FSA's policy of "Treating Customer's Fairly".
Claudia has experience across a broad range of commercial areas, including the sale of goods and international trade; commercial fraud; agency; injunctions; service out of the jursidiction and jurisdictional disputes. She has appeared in both the High Court and the County Court in both trials and interlocutary applications.
She has recently been instructed by major banks to advise and act in a number of disputes involving allegations of fraud, and advise on and defend restitutionary claims raising issues involving breach of fiduciary duty; tracing; the enforcement of property rights; and resulting and constructive trusts.
Many of the cases on which she has worked have involved international elements, and she has experience assisting with conflicts of law issues in both the EU and non-EU context, and with questions of justiciability arising from state acts.
Claudia is regularly instructed to appear in commercial disputes, and undertakes drafting and advisory work in this core area of Chambers' practice.
Claudia is regularly instructed in a range of dry shipping and commodities disputes, including:
· Charterparty disputes - disputes arising under both voyage and time charters, including off-hire, laytime and demurrage and bunker disputes.
· Bills of lading disputes - Hague/Visby Rules issues; the incorporation of arbitration and choice of law clauses; and a range of disputes arising from the carriage of goods.
· Commodities - cargo claims, including disputes arising from physical delivery of sugar from the futures market; and disputes as to the proper construction of international commodities contracts.
· Carriage by road - both domestic and international carriage by road disputes.
She regularly accepts instructions in this core area of Chambers' work.
She has just returned from a one month secondment at Ince & Co in Hong Kong, where she worked on a broad range of dry shipping disputes.
She recently appeared as sole counsel in Glencore Energy (UK) Ltd v Sonol Israel Ltd
She has also appeared as sole counsel in an LCIA arbitration involving a commodities dispute.
Claudia has experience in a range of banking matters including disputes relating to loan agreements; mortgages; guarantees; breach of mandate; consumer credit; claims arising under letters of credit; commercial fraud; and claims against financial advisers involving allegations of bad investment advice. She has experience of claims with an EC law aspect, and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.
She appears on behalf of major banks in trials and interlocutory applications, in both the High Court and County Courts. She also undertakes advisory and drafting work in this core area of Chambers' practice. She has recently been instructed by major banks to advise and act in a number of disputes involving allegations of fraud. She has also been instructed to advise on and defend restitutionary claims, requiring consideration of breach of fiduciary duty, tracing, the enforcement of property rights, resulting and constructive trusts.
Claudia is currently instructed by HSBC (as junior to Stephen Cogley QC) in an appeal to the Court of Appeal against a decision of HHJ Havelock-Allan QC. The judge awarded nominal damages in a financial service mis-selling claim, relating to advice given to an investor in the AIG Premier Access Bond. Both parties are appealing.
Claudia regularly accepts instructions in this core area of Chambers' work. She recently appeared as junior to Jeremy Russell QC in a multi-million dollar arbitration involving issues of liability arising out of a mid-air collision.
She frequently acts for major airlines in cases involving liability in relation to the carriage of passengers and baggage under EC Regulation 261/2004, and the Conventions.
Claudia has also been instructed by airlines and ground handling service providers in a number of personal injury matters arising out of accidents both in aircraft and at airports.
In addition, she has represented the Civil Aviation Authority in disputes involving services performed by the CAA in its capacity as Aviation Regulator.
She aslo acts for a number of holiday companies, advising in relation to disputes arising out of the Package Travel Regulations.
Claudia is currently instructed in a number of arbitrations, under both the LMAA and LCIA rules. She has appeared as sole counsel in an LCIA arbitration involving a dispute over the sale of steel.
Claudia has experience in disputes relating to jurisdiction; disclosure; and confidentiality in international arbitrations.
During pupillage, she assisted in a number of international arbitrations, particularly high-level excess liability insurance and reinsurance arbitrations on the Bermuda Form.
Claudia has recently returned from a one month secondment at Ince & Co Hong Kong, where she worked on a wide range of matters, including disputes relating to shipbuilding disputes.
She acted as junior counsel (led by Peter Ferrer) in Riva Bella SA v Tamsen Yachts GmbH
She is a contributor to Construction Contracts: Law and Practice (OUP 2010, 2nd Ed) and accepts instructions in this core area of Chambers' work.
Claudia accepts instructions in this core area of Chambers' practice.
Claudia accepts instructions in this core area of Chambers' practice.
