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Chambers of Lionel Persey QC & Simon Rainey QC

QUADRANT HOUSE, 10 FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 1AU, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7583 4444
Fax:
Fax 020 7583 4455
DX:
292 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.quadrantchambers.com
Email:

Jonathan Chambers

Tel:
Work +44 20 7583 4444
Email:
Quadrant Chambers (Chambers of Lionel Persey QC & Simon Rainey QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in shipping; transport/carriage by land, sea and air; insurance and commercial litigation (including arbitration) and recently reported in Global Mariner v Atlantic Crusader [2005] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 699; Barclay v British Airways plc [2008] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 661; Sunderland Marine Mutual v Wiseman [2007] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 308; Cowden & Mitchell v British Airways plc [2009] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 653.

Career

Called 1996, Inner Temple; 1995, Bar of Northern Ireland; Australia solicitor/barrister 2004; barrister at 4 Essex Court (now Quadrant Chambers) 1996; senior associate Ebsworth & Ebsworth, Melbourne, Australia 2003; barrister at Quadrant Chambers 2006.

Languages

French, German.

Member

RYA; RAeS; COMBAR; PNBA; lecturer Bristol Institute of Legal Practice; former lecturer Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Legal Institute of Victoria; Australian Advocacy Institute.

Education

Down High School; St Edmund Hall, Oxford University (1994 MA Double 1st class Hons; 1996 BCL).

Practice Areas

Aviation; Shipping - Admiralty; Shipping - marine

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