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Stuart Dench
Position
Stuart is a consultant in RK’s Dispute Resolution Group with over 25 years’ experience in dealing with shipping and maritime law matters, including charterparty disputes, bills of lading, ship sale and purchase disputes and acts on behalf of shipowners, charterers and commodity traders.
Stuart has recently acted in arbitrations regarding the termination of long term charters, unsafe port claims and bunker contamination claims. Stuart’s recently-reported cases include Geden Operations v Dry Bulk Handy Holding Inc (The “Bulk Uruguay”) [2014] 2 Lloyds Rep 66, Shagang South-Asia (Hong Kong) Trading Co Ltd v Daewoo Logistics [2015] Lloyds Rep 21, SDTM-CI v Continental Lines N.V. (The “Sea Miror”) [2015] EWHC 1747, MUR Joint Ventures BV v Compagnie Monegasque De Banque [2016] EWHC 3107, the “Tiger Shanghai” [2019] EWHC 3240, the “Mookda Naree” [2021] EWHC 558 and the “Maria” [2021] EWHC 2565.
Clients worked for: Tankers International LLC, Bocimar NV, FESCO, Exmar NV, MUR Shipping BV, Conti Lines NV, Integra, Canfornav, Petraco and various P&I Clubs.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Shipping
A wide range of stakeholders in the maritime sector turn to Rosling King for dry shipping disputes, where the firm is regularly engaged to represent clients in High Court proceedings and arbitrations. At the helm of the practice sits Mike Lax
, an experienced litigator and adviser for matters including charterparty disputes, shipbuilding contracts and cargo claims. Pool agreements are a key area of expertise for Stuart Dench, while Catriona Lewis is noted for her prowess in arbitration proceedings. Robert Pollock-Hill is another key member of the team and handles a number of high-volume claims for shipping clients.