Martin Hall

Career

Martin is a Partner Equivalent in the Hill Dickinson Marine/Shipping Team in London, having joined in May 2023, and divides his time between Greece and the UK. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and had previously been at Clyde & Co. He set up the Clyde & Co Greek office in March 1998 and headed up their Greek office for 16 years before returning to the UK as Head of Marine Casualty in the spring of 2014.

As a result of his considerable experience, he specialises in maritime law and arbitration, particularly in all aspects of marine casualties, charterparty and bill of lading disputes.

Martin is one of the world's leading specialists in marine casualty and is involved in a large number of Lloyd's Open Form salvage arbitrations and salvage claims. His advice goes beyond collision and salvage to pollution liabilities, general average, transhipment and selling of distressed cargoes, wreck removal, P&I and cargo claims as well as insurance issues.

Martin acts for shipowners, P&I Clubs, property insurers and leading salvors and has lectured and written many articles on salvage and general average, and spoken at many events. He has presented on many recent Court cases, such as the Supreme Court decisions on "RENOS" and "LONGCHAMP", and has lead the debate on whether the salvage industry is in terminal decline, including presenting a draft of a more commercial version of LOF – "LOF Light".

He is a CEDR Accredited Mediator and founder of the Eastern Mediterranean Mediation Association (EMMA). He is also the secretary for the Admiralty Solicitor's Group (ASG) and been involved in revising the ASG standard forms.

Martin is featured as a leading individual for shipping in Legal 500 and has been described in Chambers UK as “an outstanding leader in his field of marine casualty work".

Practice Areas

Maritime law and arbitration, particularly in all aspects of marine casualties (salvage, general average, fires, collisions, groundings, sinkings etc), as well as charterparty/bill of lading disputes and advising on hull, war and P&I insurance policies.

Professional Memberships

Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

CEDR Accredited Mediator and founder of the Eastern Mediterranean Mediation Association (EMMA)

Admiralty Solicitor's Group (ASG)

Personal

Martin is a Partner Equivalent in the Hill Dickinson Marine/Shipping Team in London, having joined in May 2023, and divides his time between Greece and the UK. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and had previously been at Clyde & Co. He set up the Clyde & Co Greek office in March 1998 and headed up their Greek office for 16 years before returning to the UK as Head of Marine Casualty in the spring of 2014. In 2023 he joined Hill Dickinson LLP.

Clients

Shipowners

P&I Clubs

Property insurers

Leading salvors

Work Highlights

One of the world's leading specialists in marine casualty and is involved in a large number of Lloyd's Open Form salvage arbitrations and salvage claims. His advice goes beyond collision and salvage to pollution liabilities, general average, transhipment and selling of distressed cargoes, wreck removal, P&I and cargo claims as well as insurance issues.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

UK

Greece

Languages Spoken

English