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Michael Howard KC

24th October 2017

Michael Howard KC joined in September 2019 bringing to TugAdvise his enormous experience both as an active Admiralty counsel and as a former Lloyd’s Arbitrator. In addition to salvage and wreck removal he advises on ship sale or construction contracts, charterparties and marine policies. As counsel, he has appeared in the Admiralty Court in disputes…

Do not delay salvage contracting

16 May 2022 by Simon Tatham Regular columnist Simon Tatham examines a recent maritime accident report to highlight the risks of not taking the offered LOF The International Group of P&I Clubs (IG) has been working on what it calls its Salvage Delay Project, an independent study into the increasing tendency for delays in the take up…

How SCOPIC is used under LOF

Regular columnist Simon Tatham explains the process, benefits and pitfalls of invoking SCOPIC in salvage Salvage situations develop quickly, calling for rapid decision making by the parties involved. For the opportunist, occasional salvor and a shipowner faced with its first salvage dilemma, they with probably not have experience of Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) salvage let…

Michael Howard KC

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