Richard M. Gunn

Richard is a leading lawyer in our Casualty and Admiralty team and has been involved in most of the firm’s recent casualty work, particularly collisions, groundings, explosions, and salvage, and subsequent contractual disputes. As well as acting for salvors, owners, and underwriters, Richard also acts for various owners and clubs in charterparty disputes, focusing on those of a technical nature, such as unsafe port disputes, P&I claims, and GA disputes. His work has included a number of claims involving complex containership casualties, logistics, bunker disputes, speed and performance issues, and yachts. He has undertaken reviews of various contracts relating to the provision of port services, STS and emergency towage services, wreck removal, Towhire and Towcon, Supplytime, and decommissioning. He has also acted in aviation disputes, providing regulatory advice on incident management. He is the legal advisor to the International Salvage Union (ISU).