Crown Office Chambers

Henk maintains a broad practice across Chambers’ areas of work, with a particular focus on construction, professional liability, property damage, product liability, insurance and commercial disputes. He has experience of claims with an international dimension, including those involving jurisdictional or conflict of law issues.

Henk is frequently called on to advise in cases involving novel arguments under the Package Travel etc Regulations 2018. He is currently instructed (led by Sara Prager) in an ongoing representative action (£10m+) brought against several major tour operators under regulations 12 and 13 following the onset of the covid-19 pandemic.

Henk has built up expert knowledge in all private international law matters, including issues relating to jurisdiction, foreign applicable law and the enforcement of foreign judgments. He regularly writes and lectures on these areas.

Henk also acts in contractual disputes between travel business which necessitate detailed understanding of the package travel legislation landscape. He is presently instructed by a major UK tour operator as sole counsel in a high value arbitration concerning the covid-19 pandemic and various indemnity provisions linked to liability under package travel legislation.