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Timothy Young KC
Work Department
- Banking and financial services
- Carriage and sale of goods
- Commodities
- Defence procurement
- Insurance
- International trade
- Shipping and shipbuilding
- Technology, media and telecoms
Position
Timothy’s principal area of practice is international trade, embracing shipping, commodities, insurance, the carriage and sale of goods, banking and related disciplines.
He appears principally in the High Court and Court of Appeal and before various international arbitration tribunals, in relation to all manner of trading and financial disputes.
Timothy also acts as an arbitrator, either sole or as a member of a panel. He accepts appointments under the rules of the LMAA, ICC, LCIA, SIAC and ad hoc, if required. Timothy is on the panel of arbitrators of the ICC, LCIA and SIAC.
Much of his work is in arbitration and therefore, by definition, confidential unless the cases reach the courts. However, the key cases below, from several jurisdictions, give a taste of Timothy’s work.
Timothy was awarded “Best Shipping Silk 2016″ by Chambers and Partners.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Shipping
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Timothy Young KC –Twenty Essex ‘Timothy has a fine mind and is a good lateral thinker. He comes up with points that no one has thought of.’
Lauded as ‘one of the pre-eminent shipping sets’, Twenty Essex’ strengths are well-distributed along the full range of maritime disputes. The charterparty dispute Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd v Clearlake Shipping Pte Ltd kept a number of members busy, with Michael Ashcroft KC, Daniel Bovensiepen, and Timothy Young KC all being involved. The latter also led Colleen Hanley in the Shagang Giant, a case dealing with the interpretation of a force majeure clause in light of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Damages caused by the detention of a vessel and the subsequent claim for demurrage are central in Rhine Shipping v Vitol, where Patrick Dunn-Walsh is led by Philip Edey KC on behalf of Rhine Shipping.
London Bar > Commodities
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Timothy Young KC – Twenty Essex ‘Timothy has been at forefront of commodities disputes for decades and he is a good cross-examiner who thinks outside the box.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Asia Pacific - The English Bar > Shipping and commodities
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Timothy Young KC – Twenty Essex ‘He thinks fast on his feet, and tailors arguments to the particular tribunal.’
Twenty Essex ‘has the biggest stable of commodities counsel‘ and maintains a close relationship with the Singaporean legal market, with members bringing their expertise to complex litigation in the shipping space. High-value arbitration matters have also been prominent in the group’s caseload, an area in which the ‘strong and dynamic‘ Timothy Hill KC excels. Timothy Young KC has ‘a fearsome legal mind, and he is very creative on legal argument and strategy‘. The ‘sharp‘ Duncan Matthews KC advises on a range of shipping issues, including bills of lading, cargo claims and contracts of affreightments. At the junior end of chambers, Oliver Caplin specialises in handling dry shipping and commodities disputes.