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Our team, ranked No. 1 Shipping firm in Scotland, has a depth and range of experience unparalleled in the Scottish marketplace. We represent owners, service providers, P&I Clubs, Hull & Machinery underwriters, Goods in Transit insurers and others in disputes in the Court of Session, Scotland's Supreme Court and Sheriff Courts up and down the country.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Salvage claims for both salvor and salved; our experience allows us to quickly identify the information required to best serve our client's interests - be that in or out of court
- Collision claims
- Extensive experience of high value and complex personal injury, disease and fatal claims in the shipping, offshore and fishing sectors
- A proven ability to react quickly to obtain security for claims and will guide clients through the process either of obtaining an arrest or securing release from arrest
- Team members who have been seconded to and acted as correspondents for P&I Clubs
- Casualty investigation getting on site as soon as possible to obtain the best evidence following an incident
- Assisting clients through the regulatory regime within which shipping operates, in areas such as oil pollution, collision, health and safety, asbestos and loadline prosecutions
- Being involved in some of the first UK interpretation and application of modern international conventions dealing with oil pollution, as members of our team have been involved at the heart of these cases on behalf of owners and P&I Clubs
- Acting on behalf of cargo owners and insurers in relation to disputes arising out of the carriage of goods by sea, road and air
- Acting on behalf of owners and charterers in relation to disputes arising out of charterparties
- Insurance and coverage issues
- Ship building and commercial disputes
- Yacht claims
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