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Mr Michael Davey KC
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial and shipping: charterparties and bills of lading; international sale of goods; insurance; salvage and collisions; shipbuilding; fisheries.
Significant recent cases: MSC v Cottonex Anstalt [2016] EWCA Civ 789 (Court of Appeal decision on repudiation and liquidated damages); Loose v Lynn Shellfish Ltd [2016] 2 W.L.R. 1126 (Supreme Court decision on the boundary of private fisheries); Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd [2015] A.C. 1229 (Supreme Court decision on joint liability in tort for environmental protest); The “Ocean Victory” [2015] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 381 (Court of Appeal decision on unsafe ports and demise charters, appeal in the Supreme Court in November 2016).
Career
Called 1990; Silk 2014.
Languages
French.
Memberships
COMBAR; LCLCBA.
Education
King’s College, London (1988 LLB); St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1990 BCL)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Shipping
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Michael Davey KC –Quadrant Chambers ‘Absolutely excellent.’
Asia Pacific - The English Bar > Shipping and commodities
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Michael Davey KC–Quadrant Chambers ‘His advocacy is excellent, as is the quality of all of his work.’