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Shipping & Commodities

London (Bar)

19 Years Ranked

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Provided by Elizabeth Blackburn KC

UK Bar

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Elizabeth Blackburn QC has been in practice at the Admiralty/Commercial Bar since 1980 and took silk in 1998. She is recommended as a top-tier leading shipping silk in all the main directories. She is also a registered practitioner in the ADGM Court of Abu Dhabi and in the DIFC Court in Dubai. In addition to her commercial work, she is one of the most experienced KCs at the Bar in the field of large-scale casualty work and regularly advises on and acts in high profile maritime cases. Most recently she has been heavily involved as Leading Counsel in the major EVER GIVEN incident in the Suez Canal. After the successful outcome of an important preliminary issue in the Admiralty Court in March 2023, the case is now due for hearing in the Court of Appeal in February 2024.

Her professional standing as an experienced commercial arbitrator has been recognised globally with membership of all the main commercial panels worldwide including the HKIAC, AIAC, SIAC, SHIAC, BVI IAC, LCIA Europe and the SCMA. She is also a Member of the Baltic Exchange and a supporting member of the LMAA. She has acted as Chairman and sole Arbitrator in ICC commercial arbitrations, including not only international trade disputes and shipbuilding contracts, but also supply contractual disputes in the energy sector. She has been a LOF Salvage Arbitrator since 2009.

Career

Called 1980, silk 1998

Professional Memberships

Bencher of the Middle Temple and a Member of the Baltic Exchange.

Industry Sector Expertise

Arbitrator

Arbitration Counsel

Shipping

Commodities

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