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Expertise

Tom is a partner in the Shipping Group in our London office. His practice includes work on a wide variety of shipping law problems, including casualty work (for example collisions, groundings, contact with fixed and floating objects), as well as contractual disputes, in particular those arising out of charter parties (for example disputes about off-hire, speed and performance and early re-delivery). In addition, Tom has experience of bills of lading/cargo claims and claims relating to container interchange agreements. He also acts for and against marine insurers in relation to marine insurance disputes and conducts general commercial litigation, including, for example, disputes arising out of latent defects in new vessels and about ship sale/purchase.

Career

Tom joined Thomas Cooper in June 2007 and became a partner in May 2009. He qualified as a solicitor in 1993. Tom is also a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and worked in the London marine insurance market both as a claims handler and underwriter until 1988. He then attended City University Business School and obtained a Master of Science (Distinction) in Shipping, Trade and Finance before qualifying as a lawyer. Tom trained at Shaw and Croft and practiced there from 1993 to 2007.