• Advising on the merits of a s.69 appeal in relation to the applicable rules of damages where there is an available market following breach of a time charter.
• Advising on the merits of an application under s.57 of the Arbitration Act for clarification or an additional award, where principal-agent liability was engaged.
• Drafting claim submissions in an LMAA arbitration relating to a failure to pay hire and an indemnity for unpaid bunkers.
• Drafting defence submissions in an LMAA arbitration relating to hull fouling and valid redelivery of a vessel.

As a pupil

• Assisting in disputes relating to the interpretation of sanctions clauses in charterparties, including in the appeal in The Catalan Sea [2026] EWCA Civ 641.
• Assisting in a range of charterparty disputes, including (but not limited to) a variety of off-hire claim under time charters and demurrage claims under voyage charters. 
• Assisting in procedural applications for an allision claim in the Admiralty Court.
• Assisting in drafting a collision statement of case in the Admiralty Court.
• Assisting in a complex advice in a cargo claim, involving issues of sub-bailment, Himalaya clauses, the Hague-Visby Rules and apportionment under the Inter-Club Agreement.
• Assisting in an unsafe port claim relating to damage caused to cargo by a nuptial flight of red ants.
• Assisting in a claim relating to a fire on board a container vessel, giving rise to dangerous cargo and seaworthiness issues.
• Assisting in a number of disputes which raised issues regarding the technical requirements of nominated vessels, and where a shipowner’s nomination might be refused.
• Advising on the recoverable measure of damage above and beyond demurrage following breach of a voyage charter.
• Advising on a number of disputes involving issues of contract formation arising from ‘subject to’ clauses in charterparty recaps.
• Advising on issues of re-delivery and detention during a COVID-19 quarantine under a time charterparty.
• Assisting in a claim in an LMAA arbitration which included allegations of crew incompetence and breaches of a safe port warranty.
• Assisting in drafting pleadings in a claim for damage to a superyacht.
• Advising on the applicability of the Inter-Club Agreement up and down a charterparty chain, and where any differences between the charterparty clauses might be relevant.
• Assisting in resisting a claim for sums for general average against insurers under an average guarantee, giving rise to a number of sanctions and illegality issues.
• Attending conferences relating to a salvage claim arising out of the 2021 blockage of the Suez Canal.
• Assisting in an appeal to an arbitral award out of to a ship sale contract, involving applications under sections 67, 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
   

As a pupil

• Assisting in a personal injury claim relating to a helicopter’s wake turbulence and the collapse of a paraglider canopy, which included a mediation and an application to exclude evidence.
• Assisting in a fatal accident claim arising from a helicopter crash, focussing on an application which sought admission of protected materials referred to in an AAIB report.
• Assisting in research relating to a application to set aside default judgment in the County Court entered in an unlawful discrimination claim, under the Montreal Convention.

As a pupil

• Drafting a skeleton argument resisting an appeal under s.69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 from a GAFTA award relating to the supply of grain from Ukraine to the European Union.
• Assisting in an arbitration concerning contractual responsibility for the payment of US tariffs in sale of goods agreement for the supply of steel.
• Assisting in drafting Commercial Court pleadings in a dispute relating to the alleged off-specification nature of a shipment of brent crude.
• Assisting in drafting Commercial Court pleadings in a dispute over an allegedly high sulphur content of a fuel oil shipment following the imposition of MARPOL regulations.

• Assisting with issues of quantum in a high-value insurance claim relating to damage to a superyacht.

• Undertaking a number of applications and hearings in the County Court, including for an application to set aside judgment in a small claim and a directions hearing for enforcement of a judgment.

As a pupil

• Assisting in an application to set aside a freezing order which involved complex issues relating to the conflict of laws and property rights.
• Drafting an advice involving claims for breach of constructive trust, s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and unlawful means conspiracy.
• Drafting a trial skeleton for an ICDR arbitration, concerning payment for the licensing of materials used in gene editing.
• Assisting in applications under s.18 of the Arbitration Act 1996.