The Legal 500

Position

Specialises in shipping, information technology, commodities, insurance and commercial law, principally in the following areas: carriage by sea and road; charterparty and MOA disputes; international and domestic sale of goods; commodity trading and futures; software and hardware supply and development; internet law; outsourcing; e-commerce; data protection; insurance and reinsurance; international trade; agency and licensing; conflicts of laws and jurisdiction; maritime; commodity and other domestic arbitration. Cases include: Atos Consulting v Avis Europe (TCC 2007); Peregrine Systems v Steria [2004] All ER (D) 447; Fal v Petronas [2004] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 282; Kriti Akti [2004] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 712; Fleming & Wendeln v Sanofi AG [2003] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 473; Stoczina Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co & Others [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 436; Agrimax v GAFTA [2003] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 537; Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd & Anor v Klipriver Shipping & Anor [2003] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1; Stocznia Gdanska v Latvian Shipping [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 436; Standard Chartered Bank v PNSC & Ors [1998] 1 Lloyds Rep 684, [1999] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 747, [2000] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 218; LG Caltex v China National Petroleum Corp [2001] All ER (Com) 97; Cambridge Technology Partners v Abbey National (2001 TCC and CA); Clarke, Goldring & Page Ltd v ANC [2001] All ER (D) 353; The ‘Hansa Carrier’ LMLN 447; The ‘Kapitan Sakharov’ [2000] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 255; Finagra UK Ltd v OT Africa Line Ltd – [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 622; Re ERAS EIL and Lloyd’s litigation, numerous commercial, shipping and IT arbitrations.

Career

Called to Lincoln’s Inn 1991, Cassel Scholar; Everard Ver Heyden Foundation Prize for Advocacy – CLE 1991.

Member

COMBAR; LCLCBA (London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association); Society for Computers and Law; British Computer Society.

Education

Manchester Grammar School; St Catherine’s College, Oxford (1990 BA Hons (1)).

Practice Areas

Information technology; International commercial arbitration; Shipping - marine