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Anna specialises in all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration practised at 7KBW, with a particular emphasis on insurance and reinsurance.
Anna undertakes a broad range of advocacy and advisory work, both on her own and as a junior and has extensive experience of both court and arbitration, including ICC and LCIA arbitration. In addition to insurance and reinsurance matters, Anna also regularly practises in the fields of shipping, commodities, professional negligence, aviation and energy.
Anna is currently engaged on behalf of members of the All Risks insurance market in Merx Aviation Servicing Limited v Chubb European Group SE and others and in other leading cases concerned with the alleged loss of aircraft leased to Russian airlines following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent imposition of sanctions against Russia.
Much of Anna’s work over the last few years has involved insurance and reinsurance, both in a commercial and consumer context. She regularly advises on aspects of coverage and validity in connection with a variety of policies, including D&O, management and public liability, trade credit, political risk, CAR, marine cargo and mortgagees’ interest.
Anna is currently engaged on behalf of members of the All Risks insurance market in Merx Aviation Servicing Limited v Chubb European Group SE and others and in other leading cases concerned with the alleged loss of aircraft leased to Russian airlines following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent imposition of sanctions against Russia. She is also currently instructed in an arbitration concerned with claims under a political violence policy arising out of the alleged loss of fuel in Afghanistan.
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Anna is routinely instructed in commercial disputes.
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Many of the cases in which Anna is instructed are determined in confidential arbitration. Anna is currently instructed in an arbitration arising under a political violence insurance policy.
Anna has extensive experience of all kinds of dry shipping disputes including those under charterparties, bills of lading, FOB and CIF contracts. She is also regularly instructed in disputes concerning the trade, carriage and storage of commodities.
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Energy represents a growing area of Anna’s work.
Anna is currently engaged on behalf of members of the All Risks insurance market in Merx Aviation Servicing Limited v Chubb European Group SE and others and in other leading cases concerned with the alleged loss of aircraft leased to Russian airlines following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent imposition of sanctions against Russia.
Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal 500 2024
Insurable interest in unascertained goods
High Court considers the law of insurable interest and the application of section 13A of the Insurance Act 2015
Privy Council clarifies the nature and scope of the oppression remedy
Flying success for 7KBW team in Aircraft Purchase Fleet Limited v Compagnia Aerea Italiana SPA [2018] EWHC 3315 (Comm)
US sanctions do not relieve insurers of their obligation to pay
University College, Oxford: BA Jurisprudence (1999); College of Law, London: Bar Vocational Course (2001).
During her time at Oxford, Anna was awarded an Exhibition Scholarship and the Alan Urbach Memorial Prize for Jurisprudence. Anna was also made a Lincoln’s Inn Hardwicke Entrance Scholar and a Lincoln’s Inn Sunley Scholar in 2000.
‘Anna has a strong eye for detail and provides clear, practical advice. She is contactable and easy to deal with. She is able to think quickly and deal with changing circumstances both on paper and at court.’
Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal 500 2024