James Leabeater KC

Practice Areas

James Leabeater KC is a commercial silk at 4 Pump Court barristers chambers. He specialises in shipping, shipbuilding and offshore construction, construction and engineering, energy, professional negligence and insurance and reinsurance. He works on all sorts of charterparty and bill of lading disputes and has specialist knowledge and experience of shipbuilding disputes, from standard commercial vessels to highly specialist offshore energy vessels.

James has a significant international practice, and he is regularly instructed in arbitrations around the world, particularly London, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. He has appeared in numerous LMAA arbitrations in London and elsewhere, and in many ICC, other institutional and ad hoc international arbitrations.

James Leabeater KC specialises in construction and engineering, energy, shipping, shipbuilding and offshore construction, professional negligence and insurance and reinsurance disputes from 4 Pump Court barristers chambers.

James has a significant international practice, and he is regularly instructed in arbitrations around the world, particularly London, Dubai, Doha, Hong Kong and Singapore. He has appeared in arbitrations under all major institutional and ad hoc rules.