Liz joined 7KBW in 2010, following the completion of her pupillage at Chambers. She is developing a broad ranging practice in commercial litigation and arbitration, with particular emphasis on insurance and reinsurance, shipping, international trade, sale of goods, professional negligence and private international law.

She acts both as an advocate and in an advisory role, both as sole counsel and as a junior.

If you are interested in instructing Liz on any particular matter, please contact our clerks to discuss the requirements of the case and her availability.

BA in History and Modern Languages (First class, top in the year), Pembroke College, University of Oxford (2002-2006).

Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction, 2nd in the year), City University (2006-2007)

BVC (Outstanding), ICSL (2007-2008)

LL.M., Harvard (2008-9)

Scholarships and Prizes: David Karmel Scholarship (2006); Bedingfield Scholarship (2007); Arden Scholarship (2009) (Gray’s Inn); Everard Van Heyden Prize for performance on the BVC (2008) (ICSL); Domus Scholarship (2003) (Pembroke College).

Whilst on the BVC, Liz also taught EC law to students on the GDL at City University.

• Shipping
• General Commercial Disputes
• Insurance & Reinsurance
• Sale of Goods
• Professional Negligence
• Jurisdiction/Conflicts of Laws

A selection of the cases which Liz has worked on (both as a junior tenant and a pupil) are as follows:

• Appeared as junior counsel (led by Richard Southern QC) in an arbitration involving a claim brought by owners against charters concerning the validity of two 7 year period time charters worth in excess of $US30million each. The claim raised issues of agency and authority. Liz assisted in settling pleadings, drafting witness statements, preparation of cross-examination and written opening and closing submissions;
• Advised as sole counsel in a wide array of time and voyage charter and bills of lading disputes, including in respect of liability for cargo operations, unseaworthiness claims, the merits of a strike out application and the merits of a claim to set aside a settlement agreement on the grounds of economic duress;
• Advised as sole counsel in relation to a number of shipbuilding disputes, including claims for unpaid instalments upon termination and claims for permissible delay;
• Settled pleadings as sole counsel in time and voyage charter disputes, both in arbitration and commercial court proceedings, including an unsafe port claim.
• Instructed as junior counsel in a time charter arbitration (led by Timothy Saloman QC); assisted in the drafting of witness statements and submissions.
  

A selection of the cases which Liz has worked on (both as a junior tenant and a pupil) are as follows:

• Appeared as sole counsel in county court trials and applications, including a case concerning the carriage of goods by air under the Montreal Convention;
• Settled pleadings in trade arbitrations, including under the rules of the International Cotton Association;
• Assisted as a pupil in a case concerning the carriage of goods by road under the CMR.
  

A selection of the cases which Liz has worked on (both as a junior tenant and a pupil) are as follows:

• Instructed as second junior counsel (led by Jonathan Gaisman QC and Timothy Kenefick) on behalf of various reinsurers in respect of reinsurance claims arising out of the 2007 Californian Wild Fires;
• Instructed as junior counsel (led by Richard Waller) on behalf of Italian reinsureds in a claim against insurers and brokers under a bankers’ blanket bond policy; settled pleadings and drafted a mediation position paper;
• Instructed to undertake document review in film financing litigation;
• Assisted as a pupil in a number of large scale insurance and reinsurance disputes involving coverage, non-disclosure and notification defences, including a £500 million pound claim against insurers and brokers, and claims arising out of the PA LMX litigation;
• Assisted as a pupil in advising an insurance company on the wording of its crime policy.
  

• Kingspan Environmental Limited and others -v- Borealis A/S & Borealis UK Ltd.  Acted as third junior counsel (led by David Allen QC, James Brocklebank and Sushma Ananda) in a large-scale multi-million pound commercial court trial lasting three months, concerning the suitability and fitness for purpose of raw materials sold to manufacturers for the production of oil tanks.

• Instructed as junior counsel (led by Jonathan Gaisman QC) in a multi-million pound professional negligence claim brought by an investment firm against a leading firm of accountants.

• Allianz SpA, formerly Ras Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà SpA and Generali Assicurazioni Generali SpA v. West Tankers Inc. (“The Front Comor”)  Instructed as junior counsel (led by David Bailey QC) in a case involving issues of jurisdiction under EU law and damages for breach of the arbitration agreement. The decision is currently on appeal to the High Court under section 69.