Having very highly regarded Construction and Shipping practices places 4 Pump Court at the forefront of the legal market for shipbuilding disputes.

Our barristers are valued by clients and instructing solicitors for their detailed technical understanding of large-scale shipbuilding projects, and also for their appreciation of the associated insurance and professional negligence aspects of such cases.

Our Shipping and Construction barristers have significant experience of major shipbuilding disputes, including:

Classification issues
Delay and disruption
Design issues
Guarantees
Financing
Termination

We represent owners, charterers, clubs, shipyards, commodities houses, and national governments. We act for clients internationally, with a particular focus on those based in China, Greece, Hong Kong, Scandinavia, Singapore and the USA.

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Shipbuilding

Having very highly regarded Construction and Shipping practices places 4 Pump Court at the forefront of the legal market for shipbuilding disputes.

King's Counsel

Jeremy Nicholson KC

Nigel Tozzi KC

Nick Vineall KC

Stephen Cogley KC

Sean O’Sullivan KC

Alex Potts KC

James Leabeater KC

Alexander Wright KC

Juniors

Jennie Gillies, FCiArb

James Watthey

Kate Livesey

George Woods

James Hatt

Laura Crowley

Andrew Stevens

Iain Munro

Rani Noakes

Gideon Shirazi

Ed Jones

Robert Scrivener

Helen Dennis

Quentin Tannock

Neil Dowers

Rebecca Keating

Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard

Anna Hoffmann

Kajetan Wandowicz

Alex Taylor

Full-time Arbitrators

Christopher Moger KC FCIArb

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