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Martin Dalby

Partner Master Mariner
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Martin is a Master Mariner with 10 years’ seagoing experience on tankers, bulkers and Ro-Ros.

On coming ashore he worked in Operations at a bulk liquids terminal and as a P&I Claims Executive before entering the law in 1999. Since then he has dealt exclusively with shipping disputes of all types, for Owners and Charterers and their insurers, since 2008 as Partner.

Martin has attended over 100 ship casualties worldwide to deal with the evidence, as well as handling the related disputes to resolution.

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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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