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Kate Phillips

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Kate joined MFB in 2024, having spent 6 years at a specialist maritime and commercial firm in the City of London.

Kate qualified as a solicitor in 2021, and has experience in handling a broad range of shipping disputes, with a particular focus on charterparty disputes (bareboat, time and voyage) and disputes arising under sale contracts and bills of lading. Some areas of knowledge include off-hire, underperformance, cancellation/repudiation, laytime and demurrage, cargo claims and bunker quality disputes.

Kate has acted for clients in London and International arbitrations under LMAA, LCIA and SCMA rules.

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30/03/2026

King Crude Carriers SA and others (Appellants) v Ridgebury November LLC and others (Respondents) [2025] UKSC 39 On appeal from: [2024] EWCA Civ 719

Introduction

King Crude Carriers SA and others (Appellants) v Ridgebury November LLC and others is a Supreme Cou...

30/03/2026

Olam v Holbud: A Costly Lesson in Contractual Damages and Arbitration

Does an innocent party need to prove that it would have been able to perform its contractual obligations where the party in repudiatory breach h...

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