We advise on contentious and non contentious maritime matters including related insurance matters for ship-owners, charters, hull insurers, P&I Clubs, Cargo owners and underwriters, composite insurers, traders, freight forwarders, shipyards and port authorities.
The contentious work embraces litigation, arbitration and mediation including claims and disputes involving/relating to bills of lading, charter parties, salvage, death and personal injury, oil pollution, cargo damage and loss as well as the arrest and release of vessels.
Our lawyers specializing in maritime law are up to date with different conventions, laws
and regulations which apply to different areas of shipping work. Partners keep abreast
of developments in the law and are familiar with the numerous statutory provisions and
the different conventions relating to the different forms of transport and to different
aspects of maritime law, for eg. oil pollution, limitation, recovery etc.
FM is experienced with a wide range of contractual documentation relating to the
carriage of goods, the charter of vessels, banking, insurance, the rules of procedure that
apply to admiralty claims. We use our skills to apply the principles of contract law, tort
and conflict of laws to a multitude of daily problems. FM deals with ship-owners and
crews, cargo owners, charterers, insurers, protection & indemnity, clubs & cargo
underwriters, and people in related areas, port authorities, technical consultants such as
naval architects and surveyors. Awareness of the technical or practical aspects of
shipping is tremendous for the experts at this law firm.
Legal advice rendered at FM provides a comprehensive collection of international
conventions, statutes and statutory instruments, arbitration rules and the most
commonly encountered bills of lading, charterparties, insurance clauses, guarantees and
other contracts.
