Sally-Ann Underhill

Shipping

Sally-Ann deals with disputes arising out of all types of shipping contracts, including charterparties, bills of lading, ship management, and shipbuilding contracts, as well as sale contracts and worldwide logistics issues. She has particular experience in cargo claims (including the carriage of oil and gas products ( LPG and LNG), dry bulk cargoes, containers, and pharmaceutical products), cruise ship issues (including COVID-related disputes and P&I Club cover issues), highly technical shipbuilding disputes, tank cleaning, ship management, and all sorts of delays and breakdowns, including claims for demurrage, hire, and damages, yacht disputes, bunker quality disputes, and letter of indemnity issues. As well as disputes under long-term contracts, including those arising under port facility agreements, container terminal agreements, pool agreements, and transhipment agreements. She is well used to dealing with complex multi-contractual and multi-jurisdictional issues, including exchange rate issues.

She has considerable experience in drafting all types of shipping documentation, including charterparties, COAs, pool agreements, transhipment agreements, ship management agreements, and freight forwarding agreements.

Trading

Sally-Ann also deals with a wide range of issues arising for charterers and traders, including Mississippi issues, demurrage disputes, cargo claims, LOI issues, terminal rejections of vessels, explosions, fires, GA and salvage issues, and risk management.

Logistics

She has in-depth experience of issues that arise under ocean freight contracts and warehousing agreements, including damage to cargo in warehouses, delays (including when cargo is held at port), and lost cargo, including issues relating to reputational damage. Her experience includes both disputes and drafting of the underlying documentation.

Aircraft

Sally-Ann provides input to our U.S. offices when they are dealing with aircraft-related disputes with an English law aspect.

Arbitration and litigation

Sally-Ann has extensive experience of arbitration and Commercial Court litigation, including arbitration appeals and challenges under sections 67, 68, and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996, as well as a wide range of litigation-related issues, including mortgage enforcement, limitation, security for costs, litigation funding, and ATE insurance. Her experience also includes the exercise of liens and arrests in many jurisdictions, anti-suit injunctions, and enforcement.

Sally-Ann is a well-known member of the shipping community, being a supporting member of the LMAA and a member of WISTA Hellas.