Advised a borrower in a dispute arising from a US$50 m bond loan agreement.
Representing a cargo owner in a US$28 m cargo dispute in admiralty proceedings involving complex questions of ship arrest, arbitration and US OFAC sanctions.
Advised a buyer on a US$6 million refund guarantee in the buyer’s purchase of a new built yacht.
Advised a purchaser of gloves in a US$4 m dispute arising from a gloves sale and purchase agreement.
Sitting as an original arbitrator appointed by the claimant in a US$3 million charterparty dispute between the charterers and the owners in a London arbitration under the LMAA 2021 terms.
Successfully represented cargo, instructed by a P&I club, in pre-action disclosure application against a port in connection with damage of frozen meat worth US$2 m during transshipment at the port.
Advised a shipper/seller of biofuel in relation to shipowner’s demurrage claims and in relation to refusal of the buyer to pay a portion of the agreed price amounting to US$2 m on numerous complex grounds and issues relating to L/C.
Advised an insurer on a US$1.6 million cargo shortage claim by an insured.
Represented a purchaser in a sale and purchase and mortgage transaction of a yacht for US$1.6 m.
Advising a Brunei shipowner in various claims and defences worth US$1.2 m, in three Brunei High Court cases, with a few charters.
Advising a Malaysian shipowner in a Seoul High Court claim in relation to alleged wrongful delivery of cargo worth US$1 in Fiji, in which the shipowner succeeded in the High Court and the appeal before the Court of Appeal is pending.
Successfully represented a major shareholder of a 1,000-acre tin ore mining company in a series of corporate disputes and issues over general meetings among the shareholders and directors worth multi-million dollars.
Represented a buyer (and re-seller) of a barge for US$800,000 in the sale and purchase transaction.
Represented the barge owner in a US$800,000 New Zealand arbitration against insurers in a constructive total loss claim of a vessel.
Representing a shipping agent in a US$900,000 agency fees dispute with a shipping line involving questions of the agent’s lien over liner’s containers, insolvency of the liner and third-parties’ interests in the containers.
Representing a shipping agent in a US$550,000 dispute involving their claim for agency fees and their defence to a counterclaim in the Taipower project.
Representing a shipowner in a US$480,000 charter hire dispute in a Brunei arbitration.
Successfully obtained leave to proceed with an admiralty in rem action against the vessel of an energy giant upon the multi-billion-dollar insolvency of the energy giant, and secured a US$400,000 judgment against the vessel.
Defending an insurer on a US$400,000 dispute involving a cargo shortage claim by an insured and the insured’s counterclaim for refund of certain other claims paid.
Successfully represented a shipbroker in a US$350,000 claim for brokerage commission and currently dealing with a further brokerage claim and various items of counterclaim by the shipowner.
Representing a ship manager in a Singapore SCMA consolidated arbitration against the shipowner in a US$330,000 operational expenses claim.
Successfully defended a shipowner in a US$190,000 allision case.
Defending a ship operator in the US$190,000 allision case.
Representing a shipowner on a US$180,000 freight difference claim in a London arbitration arising from a dispute over measurement of the volume of timber carried under a voyage charter.
Representing a contractor in their £165,000 claim on a construction dispute in a London arbitration under CIArb Rules.
Representing a carrier in a US$135,000 claim against the cargo for war risk surcharges following recent attacks by Houthi rebels in red sea.
Successfully represented a supplier of armed guards in red sea in a US$75,000 admiralty in rem claim.
Representing a fishing boat owner in their US$70,000 collision claim against a tugboat whose tow collided with the fishing boat.
Advised a cargo claimant in The Xpress Pearl explosion case on his US$50,000 claim against the carrier.
Sat as an adjudicator in a US$50,000 construction dispute and delivered award.
Advised an insurer on a US$40,000 cargo shortage claim.
Advised a shipper of agricultural products on their claim against a shipowner for misdelivery of the cargo upon a forged bill of lading.
Successfully represented a shipowner on a speed-consumption claim in a London LMAA arbitration, instructed by a P&I club.
