Michael Nolan

Michael Nolan 1981  ()Quadrant Chambers - View Member
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Michael Nolan

MA(Oxon.), Dip.Law (City)Called 1981 Middle Temple (Astbury Scholar)
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Michael Nolan's practice covers all aspects of the law relating to ships, the international carriage and sale of goods, insurance and reinsurance, harbour law, commercial contracts and professional negligence.He appears regularly in arbitration, is a supporting member of the LMAA and appeared in several of the reported cases on the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996.He is a member of COMBAR and was on the executive from 1998 to 2001.He has strong links with Singapore and travels there regularly.He reads French and some Hebrew.

He accepts appointments as an arbitrator.
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A substantial part of Michael Nolan's practice involves shipping disputes under charterparties, bills of lading, ship sale and building contracts and marine insurance policies.He also has particular experience of disputes arising in the sea fishing industry and of harbour law.He has acted or advised in several of the recent disputes involving pollution of the sea including the Sea Empress incident off Milford Haven and the loss of the Ievoli Sun.He has acted in numerous reported shipping cases including Caltex v BP Shipping [1996] 1 Ll.Rep 286 (jurisdiction), The Happy Fellow [1997] 1 Ll.Rep 130 Court of Appeal (Brussels Convention), Reeman v The Dept of Transport [1997] 2 Ll.Rep 648, Court of Appeal (fishing vessel certification), The Darya Tara [1997] 1 Ll.Rep 42 (time charter implied indemnity), Baghlaf al Zafer V Pakistan National Shipping Company, Court of Appeal (exclusive jurisdiction clause) [1998] 2 Ll.Rep.229 and [2000] 1 Ll Rep 1, General Feeds v Slobodna Plovidba (The Krapanj) [1999] 1 Ll.Rep 168 (dangerous cargo) and the Smaro [1999] 1 Ll.Rep.225 (Ship-sale arbitration - time-bar) as well as the more recent reported cases below.
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Michael Nolan has acted for insurers and assureds in claims arising out of a wide variety of policies covering subject matters ranging from race-horses through lease credit, pregnancy testing kits, crop sowing aircraft to film-editing suites.Much of his work in this area involves acting for and against insurers of marine risks, including P & I Clubs.A particular speciality is yacht insurance; he acted for the successful insurers in The Dora [1989] 1 Ll.Rep 69, The Moonacre [1992] 2 Ll.Rep 501 and The Arabesque (unreported 1998) and has advised or acted in numerous other cases.
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Michael Nolan has extensive experience in all forms of disputes arising out of commercial contracts, ranging from a long running dispute arising from a Russian Joint Venture for the production of sanitary ware to a claim under the CMR in relation to the loss of a consignment of customs seals.He acts regularly in commodity disputes as well as cases involving travel law, both in court and arbitration, as well as in cases involving jurisdiction challenges and applications for freezing orders and anti-suit injunctions.He has acted in several of the cases in which the scope and meaning of the Arbitration Act 1996 have been considered including The Catherine Helen [1998] 2 Ll.Rep 511 (extension under section 12), Rustal Trading v Gill & Duffus [2000] 1 Ll.Rep 14 (section 68, apparent bias, s 73 waiver of irregularity), Cuflet Chartering v Carousel Shipping [2001] 1 Ll.Rep 707 (s 68 serious irregularity - contrary to public policy), The Gannet [2002] 1 Ll.Rep.713 (section 57 slip rule), Hawk Navigation v Cron Shipping [2003] EWHC 1828 (Comm) (ss 57, 68 slip rule).He is a supporting member of the LMAA.

Recent and Reported cases
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Michael Nolan