James is an international aviation lawyer, with 33 years’ experience resolving high-profile aviation disputes and accidents worldwide. He is a triple-qualified lawyer in England & Wales, Ireland and New York, and is a licensed helicopter pilot.
James also sits part-time as a Deputy High Court Judge in the King’s Bench Division at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for civil and commercial disputes.
James has unrivalled knowledge of the aviation insurance and reinsurance markets gained from 15 years of working in this field in London. He has represented families, pilots, crew and insurers and reinsurers in aviation accidents and disputes across six continents. Specialising in airline, helicopter and business jet accidents with a focus on catastrophic, burns and high-net-worth injuries, he is known for achieving swift, record level settlements. He also acts on financial and insurance matters relating to international sanctions and war and all-risks insurance disputes in many jurisdictions.
James is an accredited mediator and arbitrator with the Royal Aeronautical Society and JAMS (US Judicial and Arbitration Mediation Services), focussing on international financial and commercial disputes. He also sits part-time as HM Coroner in Sussex, hearing a wide range of Inquests.
Our attorneys specialize in wrongful death and personal injury actions arising from aviation disasters that have occurred both domestic and abroad.
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James qualified as a barrister in 1991, a New York Attorney in 1998 and a solicitor in 2006. He was admitted to the Irish Law Society in 2018.
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