A warm welcome to the Winter Edition of the Bargate Murray newsletter.
As the days turn colder, and we move closer to the festive season, it’s a good time to reflect on another hectic and exciting year for Bargate Murray.
At the start of the year we moved west from our traditional home in Worship St in the City of London, to smart new offices in Berkeley Street, Mayfair. The timing seemed appropriate, given that Bargate Murray turned 18 in 2022 (I don’t feel old enough, although my grey beard tells a different story!). The transition has been a success, and if you can, do pay us a visit soon.
The firm has continued to evolve, with Jim Morris joining as Head of Aviation, James Phillips, who joined us as a paralegal earlier this year, becoming a trainee and Isabel Snowe joining us as a paralegal.
It was great to get back to meeting people in person, and we hosted our famous party at Café Milano at the Monaco Yacht Show in September for the first time since the pandemic. It was wonderful to see so many of you there – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and if you missed it, there is always next year.
In this Winter Edition, I take a look at the on-going Law Commission review of the Arbitration Act 1996, together with my top ten reasons for using arbitration, Dom Bulfin turns his attention to seafarer employment and some recent and impending MLC updates which seafarers may not be aware of, Jim Morris provides fascinating insight into the Shoreham Air Show Crash inquest (currently underway) in which the firm represents a number of victims’ families, and members of the yacht group take a collective look at recent caselaw concerning UK sanctions and OFSI licencing. Last but not least, Andrew Giles also takes a look into the world of Superyachts, and some of the headlines surrounding them in recent times.
Now we look forward to the upcoming New Year. We will have further exciting developments to report in our Spring newsletter in a few months’ time, so see you then.
And in case you were wondering, I’m growing my beard for charity – if you feel generous and want to donate to the charity, click here, and thank you as every donation helps to save lives.
Quentin Bargate
Founder & CEO
Arbitration in London- who is it for, and are changes needed?
The Law Commission are currently conducting a review of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) and proposing some changes to it.
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A Changing of the SEAsons
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Shoreham Air Show Crash Inquest
As a barrister and former professional pilot in the RAF, I have been instructed on many complex air accident inquests
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“The Good in a Yacht”
The world of superyachts is going through a bad public relations phase at the moment with negative headlines appearing on an almost daily basis
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