7 King’s Bench Walk is 'highly regarded and well respected for its experience and strength in commercial litigation'. Demonstrating the set's prowess in insurance law, multiple members of the set appeared for various parties in the longrunning Russian Aircraft litigation, including Gavin Kealey KC and Ralph Morley representing AIG; Richard Waller KC and Michael Ryan acting for Lloyds Insurance Co; and Jonathan Gaisman KC, Siobán Healy KC, Keir Howie, and others representing Global Aerospace. The Commercial Court ruled that the aircraft were lost on 10 March 2022, and the proximate cause of the loss was Russian Government Resolution 311, which banned the return from Russia of leased aircraft and engines to Western lessors. As the ban qualified as 'restraint' and/or 'detention' within the meaning of war risks perils, the loss was ruled to be covered under the war risk insurance and excluded under the all-risk insurance. Jason Robinson KC was elevated to silk in March 2025.
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Profile
Position
Barrister specialising in all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on insurance/reinsurance and shipping.
Career
Called 2010; Middle Temple; tenant at 7KBW 2011 to date. Publication of note: contributor to Mance, Goldrein and Merkin: Insurance Disputes (2011).
Languages
Japanese.
Memberships
COMBAR.
Education
Westhill Academy; University of Leeds (2006 BA Japanese (First Class)); SOAS (2007 MA Japanese Literature (Distinction)); University of Oxford (2009 BA Jurisprudence (First Class)).
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- 'A favoured set for high value and complex litigation.'
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