Jawdat specialises in all aspects commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular prominence in insurance and reinsurance disputes, where he has long been acknowledged as a leading practitioner at the bar, and in cases concerned with civil fraud.
As part of a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice, Jawdat acts as an advocate and as an adviser in a wide range of commercial disputes, many of which are complex and have an international element. In addition to insurance and reinsurance disputes and matters involving civil fraud, Jawdat is also regularly engaged in the fields of energy and natural resources, shipping and commodities, banking and finance, injunctions and arrests, and sanctions.
Recent cases include Munich Re v Ascot [2019] EWHC 2768 (Comm) (a dispute as to the proper construction of a facultative reinsurance policy provided in connection with an offshore construction project in the Gulf of Mexico); Yukos Finance BV & Others v Lynch & Others [2019] EWHC 2621 (Comm) (a dispute concerning an alleged fraudulent conspiracy to rig a bankruptcy auction in Russia); Stavrinides & Others v Bank of Cyprus [2019] EWHC 1328 (Ch) (a fraudulent claim for the specific performance of an alleged settlement agreement); Harcus Sinclair LLP v Your Lawyers Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 335, [2019] 4 WLR 81 (CA) (the discharge of an injunction preventing a firm of solicitors from acting in the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal); and Mamancochet Mining v Aegis Managing Agency & Others [2018] EWHC 2643 (Comm), [2018] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 441 (an expedited claim for an indemnity under a marine cargo insurance policy raising questions as to the applicability of US sanctions).
Jawdat is ranked in the directories in the fields of insurance and reinsurance, commercial litigation and international arbitration. As well as being described as ‘top class’ and an ‘incredibly able lawyer’, Jawdat is an ‘excellent advocate who is approachable and always on hand’ and a ‘very persuasive and polished performer’. He is ‘extremely user-friendly’ and has ‘a very commercial and practical approach that clients love’.
Jawdat has acted in, and advised upon, a wide range of insurance and reinsurance disputes across a number of classes of business, including disputes relating to life, accident and health products, carve-out business, and the PA LMX spiral, film finance, professional liability, marine and energy insurance issues, contingency risks such as event cancellation, construction all risks policies, war and political risks, and underwriting agency, claims administration and similar contracts. Examples include:
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Commercial disputes are a mainstay of Jawdat’s practice. Recent examples include:
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Many of the disputes in connection with which Jawdat is engaged are resolved through confidential arbitration. Recent examples include:
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Jawdat also regularly advises on issues of arbitration law and appears on arbitration and related applications. Examples include:
Jawdat is regularly instructed in connection with jurisdictional disputes. Examples include:
The cases in connection with which Jawdat is instructed often involve an element of commercial fraud. Examples include:
Jawdat has been instructed in a number of disputes in the field of energy and natural resources. Examples include:
Jawdat is regularly instructed on disputes arising out of time charters, voyage charters and bill of lading contracts, as well as ship casualty situations such as fires and groundings, unsafe ports and berths, stevedore damage, vessel performance, and ship sale, construction and repair. Examples include:
Jawdat ‘s practice regularly brings him into contact with banking and finance disputes, ranging from discrete issues arising under letters of credit to multi-million disputes arising under more complex arrangements. Examples include:
Jawdat is ranked in the directories in the fields of insurance and reinsurance, commercial litigation, shipping & commodities and international arbitration.
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High Court considers the law of insurable interest and the application of section 13A of the Insurance Act 2015
Injunction preventing Harcus Sinclair LLP from acting in the VW diesels emissions litigation discharged by Court of Appeal
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada -v- CX Reinsurance Co. Ltd
Ignazio Messina & Co. –v- Polskie Linie Oceaniczne
Having been called to the Bar in October 1994, Jawdat joined 7 King’s Bench Walk the following year after the successful completion of his pupillage and has practised from there ever since. Jawdat has lectured in contract law at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.
Jawdat was educated at Cranleigh School (1984-89) and then at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford (1990-93) where he obtained a First Class Honours degree in Jurisprudence and was awarded the prize for the best performance in the International Trade paper in finals. Jawdat was awarded the Denning Scholarship and a Sir Thomas More Bursary by Lincoln’s Inn (1993-94).
“He’s a very commercial, user-friendly silk.”
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