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Simon Culhane

Partner, Guildford

Recent experience

  • Cases include major casualties, total losses of vessel and cargo, subrogated cargo recovery claims, charterparty disputes, marine insurance policy coverage issues and trading/commodity contract problems
  • He also has wide experience of handling claims involving carriage of goods by road and air under the CMR and Warsaw/Warsaw-Hague Convention

Reported cases include:

  • 'PRESTRIOKA' - (2002) LLREP IR 752
    Cargo insurance coverage in 'phantom ship' fraud case
  • 'SIBOTI' - (2003) 2LLR 364
    Incorporation of Charterparty jurisdiction clause into Bill of Lading - the EU Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001)
  • 'MEGA S' - (2005) LLREP IR 14
    Certificates issued under open cover - appropriate jurisdiction in case of conflict as to applicable law
  • Fujitsu v. Bax Global - (2006) 1 LLR 367
    First ever English reported case on air carrier's loss of right to limit liability due to lack of Warsaw Convention Article 8 (c) notice, in Airway Bill