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Brodies LLP

15 ATHOLL CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8HA
Tel:
Work 0131 228 3777
Fax:
Fax 0131 228 3878
Web:
www.brodies.com
Email:
Glasgow, Edinburgh

Duncan Maclean

Tel:
Work +44 131 656 0152
Email:
Brodies LLP

Work Department

Litigation.

Position

Partner with almost 20 years of high-value and complex commercial litigation experience in the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts. Has had a particular interest and specialism in shipping and transport sector for the last 16 years and is recognised as one of the country’s leading experts in this area. Work includes commercial and insurance litigation and advisory and transactional support. Has been involved in much of the significant shipping litigation in Scotland in recent years, arising from representing P&I clubs and other underwriters, leading shipping firms and specialist fishing vessel insurers. Shipping work covers all aspects of contentious shipping, including ship arrest, salvage, collision, property damage, personal injury, oil pollution prosecutions, on-site investigations, cargo claims, and road haulage claims.

Career

Career: Trained Guild & Guild, Edinburgh; qualified 1988; solicitor then senior solicitor Brodies 1989-94; associate HBJ 1994; partner HBJ 1996; partner Brodies 2004; Writer to the Signet.

Member

Member: Law Society of Scotland; British Maritime Law Association.

Education

Education: Achtercairn Secondary School, Gairloch; Dingwall Academy; Edinburgh University (1986 LLB; 1987 Dip LP).

Leisure

Leisure: Family, sports, the outdoors, church.

Practice Areas

Litigation - insurance/reinsurance; Shipping - marine; Transport - general

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