Arbitrators
Aspiring Full Members
- Albers, Karina
- Baker, James A
- Baker, James E
- Barnett, David
- Brown, Dr Julian
- Burns, Philip
- Campbell, Guy
- Chard, Donald
- Chell, Nick
- Clanchy, James
- Cover, Michael
- Eddings, George
- Ehiribe, Ike
- Elsworth, Timothy
- Fry, Dennis
- Hilas, Lambros
- Karkhanis, Capt Milind
- Lux, Jonathan
- McQueen, Peter
- Medhurst, Dr John
- Michael, Capt Sliwa
- Monahan, Michael
- Pedersen, Steffen
- Thomson, Mary
- Vassilev, Todor
Quick Look

Albers Karina
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Full-time commercial arbitrator and mediator
- Former chartering manager, broker, derivative trader and agent
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Member of the Baltic Exchange
- Typesof disputes include demurrage/despatch/laytime, liability/cost for cancelling of charter parties, speed and performance claims, allocation of port disbursements, insurance claims, bunker claims, freight and TCE, cargo claims.

Baker James A
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Full time Arbitrator and Accredited Mediator
- Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Thirty years experience at one of the largest P&I Clubs involving supervision of the handling of major claims of all types.
- Particular areas of experience include unsafe port disputes, cargo matters, oil pollution, salvage and wreck removal.
- Master mariner with seagoing experience at a senior level on-board general cargo, bulk carrier, container and Ro Ro vessels

Baker James E
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- 35+ years’ experience in downstream energy
- Oil trading, charterparties, ship management, bunkers
- 12 years’ experience as General Counsel
- 10+ years’ experience in business roles
- Approaches legal issues with commercial lens

Barnett David
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Shipbroker
- Commercial Background 40 years’ experience trading bulk commodities worldwide
- Commodity Trader and Freight Operator, Dry and Liquid Cargoes. Arbitrating Full Time since 2014.
- Seagoing Experience as 2nd Mate, Cunard Group, General Cargo,Ro Ro, Bulk Carriers & Passenger
- Bill of Lading and Charterparty Disputes, Sale of Goods.

Brown Dr Julian
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Wet and dry charterparty disputes.
- Cargo off-specification, contamination. Veg Oils. FOSFA disputes.
- Oil, gas and chemical tanker operations.
- SIRE, CDI, TMSA. Ship vetting. P&I and H&M.
- Terminal operations. Energy and offshore.

Burns Philip
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Former Solicitor + former Head of Claims Syndicate at IG P&I Club
- Claims and Insurance Manager with Ship Owner & Charterer
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Baltic Exchange
- experience in charter parties, bills of lading, MOAs and other maritime disputes

Campbell Guy
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Charter party disputes
- Chartering/Operating Manager, Freight Trader
- Former Chairman of the Baltic Exchange
- Arbitrating since 2017
- Shipping career has included broking, chartering, freight trading and operating

Chard Donald
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Sole arbitrator and panel member
- Voyage and time charter party disputes
- Complex interlocutory issues
- Over forty years’ industry experience
- Member of the Baltic Exchange

Chell Nick
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Chartered Engineer and Marine Engineer
- Eighteen years sea-going experience, five years as Chief Engineer
- Experience with bulk carriers, ro-ros, general cargo and reefer container ships
- Expert evidence in Court and Arbitration
- Six years with Classification Society

Clanchy James
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Full-time arbitrator in independent practice, specialising in shipping (charterparties, MoAs, ship and yacht management, cargo claims, container leases, insurance), commodities, oil and gas, cruise and travel
- Solicitor (England and Wales) (1990) (non-practising since 2019), avocat at Paris bar 1994-2008
- Associate member of Six Pump Court chambers since 2019
- Former Honorary Secretary of the LMAA, former Registrar and Deputy Director General of LCIA
- Member of the Baltic Exchange, Co-editor of Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Cover Michael
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Experienced lawyer, accepting appointments in the UK and internationally as arbitrator and mediator
- Member of ArbDB Chambers, Arbitrators, Mediators and Disputed Board Members
- On the panels of neutrals of many of the leading UK and international appointing and administering institutions
- Full time arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator since 2008
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Chartered Arbitrator

Eddings George
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Familiar with all industry-standard shipping and offshore contracts
- 38 years experience as a maritime and offshore dispute resolution solicitor in London and Hong Kong
- Director London Shipping Law Centre
- Member Baltic Exchange

Ehiribe Ike
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Full time International Arbitrator; Adjudicator, Mediator and Expert Determiner
- Approved tutor and trainer on the arbitration training courses of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2004
- Represented cargo interests in Nigeria, West Africa and the UK
- Acted in disputes relating to carriage of goods & commodities by sea.
- Listed on the ICDR/AAA Panel of energy arbitrators

Elsworth Timothy
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Full-time independent maritime arbitrator
- Broad range of maritime disputes
- Former maritime lawyer
- International experience, foreign appointments also accepted
- 25 years in Asia

Fry Dennis
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Dual qualified Engineering and Law
- Shipyard engineering and construction
- Shipbuilding contract claims and variations, ship repair and modification
- Offshore construction
- Sole arbitrator and tribunal chairman

Hilas Lambros
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Arbitrator, In-house Counsel and Operations Manager
- Member of the Institute of Arbitrators
- Member of the Baltic Exchange
- Experience in claims handling and dry cargo ship operations
- Dealt with numerous disputes referred to arbitration and insurance recoveries

Karkhanis Capt Milind
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Arbitrator -
- Speed and Performance, Carriage of Cargo and Safe Port/Berth disputes.
- Charter party disputes.
- ex-Master with 45 years of experience in the maritime industry.
- In-depth and up to date knowledge of the shipping rules and regulations..

Lux Jonathan
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Arbitrator, Mediator and Barrister
- Over 40 years’ experience in international and commercial law
- Co-Author of ADR and Commercial Disputes and of numerous articles on Arbitration and Mediation
- Director of the London Shipping Law Centre
- On numerous international Arbitration and Mediation Panels

McQueen Peter
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Independent arbitrator and mediator
- Solicitor admitted in England and Wales
- Barrister and solicitor admitted in Australia
- International trade and transport law in all modes
- Arbitrations conducted under the auspices of ACICA, ICC, HKIAC, LMAA, SCMA and SIAC and pursuant to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

Medhurst Dr John
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Arbitrator – 20 years experience and Solicitor (non-practising)
- Marine Engineer and Naval Architect
- Shipbuilding and seafaring experience and ship survey experience worldwide
- 35 years as Expert Witness - expert determinations (including in arbitration)
- Specialist in technical analysis

Michael Capt Sliwa
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Independent Maritime Consultant, Arbitrator, Mediator (CEDR) and Expert Witness
- Commercial, Marine Insurance & Legal
- C/P disputes – Freight, Demurrage and Defence, Speed Claims
- P&I Claims – Cargo, collision, Grounding and FFO
- Hull and Machinery, P&I and War Risk and General and Particular Average

Monahan Michael
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Naval Architect, Marine Surveyor, Expert Witness and Arbitrator
- Certified Marine Surveyor, NAMS; Certified Welding Engineer, AWS
- Damage, salvage, cruise vessel drydocking and certification support
- Commercial Vessel & Yacht new construction project mgmt and support
- Chartered Engineer (UK), Professional Engineer (NY & Florida)

Pedersen Steffen
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Shipbuilding and Offshore Construction Contracts
- All Charterparties
- Sale and Purchase disputes
- Oil and Gas disputes
- Member of Baltic Exchange

Thomson Mary
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator, Adjudicator and Former Solicitor
- Over 30 years work experience; legal practice as Solicitor and Barrister (in London and Hong Kong)
- Industry experience including claims and insurance
- Arbitrating since 1996 in institution administered (ICC, HKIAC, SIAC) and ad hoc arbitrations
- Successfully mediated large commercial, shipping and insurance disputes in London, Hong Kong and Singapore

Vassilev Todor
Aspiring Full Member
Areas of expertise
- Arbitrator, marine and dispute resolution consultant
- FCIArb, FICS, Marine Engineer; Merchant Marine Navigator
- 26 years’ experience in all fields of ship management and shipbroking
- Experience as party representative and arbitrator in maritime arbitrations
- Past responsibility for 55 river-sea design vessels, executing over 450 charter-parties and carrying over 1.6M tons of cargo per year