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London (Bar)
Shipping & Commodities (Band 4)Profile
Practice Areas: Tom Whitehead specialises in all areas of shipping and commercial law including dry and wet shipping, commercial arbitration, joint venture disputes (examples include on-going LCIA references concerned with joint ventures in the aviation industry), international carriage of goods, international trade / finance, marine and non-marine insurance, laytime and demurrage, hire claims, speed and performance claims, oil major approval clauses, ship sale and purchase, conflict of laws / jurisdiction disputes including seeking and resisting anti-suit injunctions (examples include National Navigation Co v Endesa Generacion SA (The Wadi Sudr) [2009] EWCA Civ 1397). Recommended as a leading barrister for shipping in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, he has been singled out as a ‘star in the making’.
Professional Memberships: COMBAR, LCLCBA, Supporting Member LMAA
Career: Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 2002. Major Scholar, Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award.
Personal: Worcester College, Oxford BA (1st Class) Jurisprudence (2000), BCL (2001).