RLA has had considerable experience of Expert Witness Work having been appointed in a number of major contractual disputes. These have quite often gone to arbitration or been the subject of litigation. The cases generally centre around potential loss of earnings and running expenses of late delivery vessels and everything associated with them.
Below are some examples of the Expert Witness Work RLA has been involved in:
- Suitability of specific vessels for the carriage of MTBE, the MTBE market and commercial/operating practices
- Provision of expert advice on commercial and contractual shipping issues for arbitration
- Evaluations of newbuilding, newbuilding re-sale and second hand prices for a case involving the cancellation of a newbuilding contract
- Advice and testimony in an arbitration case to establish the potential earnings of a chemical carrier operating in East Asia
- Analysis of lost earnings due to the late re-delivery of an oil tanker under a time charter arrangement
- Expert witness evidence to Korea Free Trade Commission
- Expert witness evidence on issue of quantum arising out of a collision
