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Alex Kemp

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Position

Partner

Career

Alex predominantly advises clients on the legal issues arising from casualty management and crisis response including salvage, wreck removal, groundings, collisions, fires and piracy with a particular interest in container ship casualties and war risk claims. Alex has extensive experience in marine insurance advising insurers, brokers and assureds in relation to H&M, war, kidnap & ransom, increased value, cargo, builder’s risks, yacht and ports & terminals insurance policies. Alex is also part of the firm’s dedicated yacht team: http://hfwyachts.com/

Alex has been involved in a number of reported High Court cases including Osmium Shipping Corporation v Cargill International SA (The Captain Stefanos) [2012] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 46, Taokas Navigation SA v Solym Carriers Ltd (the Paiwan Wisdom) [2012] EWHC 1888 (Comm), The Owners of the Ship “Theresa Libra” v The Owners of the Ship “MSC Pamela” [2013] EWHC 2792 (Admlty), The Owners of the Ship “Stolt Kestrel” v The Owners of the Ship “Niyazi S” [2014] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 483, The Atlantik Confidence [2014] EWCA 217 and [2016] EWCA 2412 (Admlty), Keynvor Morlift Ltd and Others vs The Vessel (the Kuzma Minin) [2019] EWHC 3557 (Admlty), Aegean Baltic Bank S.A. v Renzlor Shipping Limited (the Starlet) [2020] EWHC 2851 (Comm),Splitt Chartering APS v Saga Shipholding Norway AS [2021] EWCA Civ 1880, James Kemball Ltd v “K” Line (Europe) Ltd [2022] EWHC 2239 (Comm) and Microlise Ltd v James Kemball Ltd [2023] EWHC 579 (KB). Alex has been named as a next Generation Lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2017, 2018 and 2019 and a next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 UK since 2020 quoting: “Alex Kemp is my go-to lawyer for marine insurance.”

He is a trustee at Human Rights at Sea and a governor at the Charter School North Dulwich.