Recent work highlights

• Representing the owners and P&I club in the investigation into the loss of the ferry, the Al Salam Boccaccio 98, that foundered in the Red Sea with the loss of 1,040 lives, the largest peacetime marine casualty outside the Far East.
• Assisting charterers and their P&I Club in pursuing claims against the owners arising from multiple injuries and breach of contract claims brought by passengers following the complete immobilisation of a passenger vessel when struck by a Mediterranean wave during heavy weather.
• Acting for a P&I club following the loss of a cattle carrier that foundered in the Mediterranean with the loss of 70 lives and 35,000 head of cattle.
• Advising underwriters in France and the UK following the loss of the VOR 70 sailing yacht which was totally destroyed by fire.
• Helping the owners of a product tanker to deal with the subsequent investigation by the MAIB, inquest and civil claims following an explosion during cargo discharge that resulted in loss of life.