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Name Professional Profile Mr Reeder has established a wide ranging practice covering all aspects of shipping and other commercial fields. In particular, he has been concerned with a large number of shipboard fires, collisions, total losses, damage claims, ship construction disputes and technical cases involving stability, oil shortage, speed claims, rust and cargo fermentation. He has acted as counsel in salvage and collision cases, unseaworthiness disputes, unsafe port cases, cargo damage actions, scuttling cases and major inquiries into shipping casualties - as far away as Papua New Guinea. Much of his technical expertise has been derived from collision and salvage cases but also from public inquiries into shipping casualties from the Penlee Lifeboat Inquiry in 1982, to the Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987 and the Marchioness in 2001. He accepts appointments as arbitrator in non-LOF salvage arbitrations, collision cases and commercial matters. He also acts as a mediator in commercial disputes. LL.B, LL.M, 1971, University College London Shipping As Counsel The Ken Explorer 2004 On going litigation involving sale by order of the High Court of cargo situated out of the jurisdiction. The Great Peace [2002] 3 WLR 1617 ( C.A. ) Leading Counsel in what is now the leading case on the law of mutual mistake. The Court of Appeal denied the existence of a doctrine of mistake in equity. The Marchioness 2001 Leading Counsel for the Owners of the Marchioness in the Public Inquiry into the sinking of the pleasure boat following the collision with the Bow Belle in the River Thames. Kirkaldy v Walker [1999] Lloyd's rep. IR 410 Claim for total loss. Vessel found to have sunk as a result of decrepitude, claim for sue and labour expenses failed for breach of warranty Credo, Inez and Eglantine [1989] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 593 (C.A.) Fog collision in the English Channel. Apportionment where one vessel proceeding the wrong way down the separation scheme in dense fog. Tiarella (2000) Charterparty arbitration arising out of alleged contamination of a grain cargo involving illegality, frustration, breach, assignment and a time bar. Counsel for the time chartered owners in the mediation leading to settlement of the dispute. Keymar (2004) Major casualty off the Algerian coast. Counsel for the salvors. Major dispute as to the propriety of repairing in Greece rather than at a Black Sea yard. Valbruna (2003) Another casualty off the Algerian Coast. Counsel for the contractors, a major Western European salvor. Grand Pace (2002) Counsel for owners in the salvage of a large car carrier following a grounding in the Middle East As Arbitrator Pelican 1 (2004) Large container ship grounded in the River Scheldt. Major salvage service to a very large fund. Nestor C (2004) Casualty occurring after tow line parted in bad weather in the Mediterranean. The issue was whether this was caused by negligence on the part of the towing tug. Gaz Poem (2003) Dispute between salvors as to breach of subcontract. Key Singapore (2003) Original arbitrator in a dispute as to whether salvage to an oil rig was caused by negligence on the part of towing tugs. Apportionment of liability. Castor (2001) Major casualty to a petroleum tanker. The issue was whether 30,000 tonnes of gasoline was capable of causing substantial damage for the purposes of Article 14 of the Salvage Convention 1989. Ever Descent (2001) Major service to a container ship on fire in the English Channel Carriage by road GEFCO v Mason [1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 585 Court of Appeal decision on the application of CMR to long term "umbrella contracts". |
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