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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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13/02/2026

OFSI Updates: Expiry of Russian Oil Companies Wind Down General Licence INT/2025/8202932 – Need for Specific Licence in Future

The OFSI has issued an update to its UK Financial Sanctions FAQs (5 February), highlighting the expiry of General Licence INT/2025/8202932 on 31...

05/08/2025

The Grand Amanda - the NYPE Implied Indemnity revisited

(Sino East Transportation Ltd v Grand Amazon Shipping Ltd) [2025]

The Commercial Court (Henshaw J) has dismissed an appeal by Cha...

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