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Asia-Pacific Australia Shipping: The Bar

Shipping & maritime litigation involves breach of charter-party disputes, cargo and bills of lading claims, the arrest of vessels and cargoes, marine insurance claims, collision, salvage and environmental liabilities. On the non-contentious side, law firms advise on contractual arrangements for construction, financing and registration of vessels, customs and licensing, and documentation relating to charter-parties and bills of lading. Related matters concerning offshore platforms may also be included.

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Band 1
  1. Gregory Nell SC
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    Gregory Nell SC
    New Chambers | Shipping: The Bar
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Gregory Nell SC devotes the greater part of his practice to maritime law issues, an area in which he has worked for nearly 40 years and continues to receive universally laudatory feedback from interviewees for his unrivalled knowledge and experience.
  2. Matthew Harvey KC
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    Matthew Harvey KC
    List G Barristers
    List G Barristers | Shipping: The Bar
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Matthew Harvey KC maintains a varied commercial practice within which shipping, broader transport and trade issues feature particularly prominently.
  3. Edward Cox SC
    Greenway Chambers | Shipping: The Bar
    2023 | Band 1
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Band 2
  1. Hamish Austin KC
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    Hamish Austin KC
    List G Barristers
    List G Barristers | Shipping: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2 |
    Hamish Austin KC operates a versatile practice in which insolvency and transport issues - particularly shipping - feature especially prominently.
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    Justin Hogan-Doran SC
    7 Wentworth Selborne | Shipping: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2 |
    Justin Hogan-Doran SC specialises in cross-border litigation and arbitration, and is regularly briefed on shipping and other transport-related disputes within this context.
  3. Martin Scott KC
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    Martin Scott KC
    List G Barristers
    List G Barristers | Shipping: The Bar
    2023 | Band 2 |
    Martin Scott KC devotes much of his practice to transport and shipping-related cases, matters involving major shipping casualties featuring particularly prominently.