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Provided by Jessica Sutherland
Practice Areas
Described as “a very impressive”, Jessica has a wide-ranging commercial practice including shipping, shipbuilding, international trade, insurance & reinsurance, professional negligence & regulatory work (auditors). She is regularly instructed in high-value disputes often with jurisdictional issues. She is consistently listed as a leading junior in the directories and has been featured by ‘The Lawyer’ as ‘Barrister of the Week’ due to the nature of her high-profile case load.
Recent work includes:
The Court of Appeal decision in National Iranian Oil Co v Crescent Petroleum Co International Ltd [2022] EWHC 2641 (Comm) (Butcher J) and [2023] EWCA Civ 826 (CA). The case concerned the interplay between s.67 & s.73 of the Arbitration Act 1996, including the scope of s.67(4) (that only the first instance judge can grant permission to appeal from a “decision under” s.67); a SIAC arbitration commodities dispute worth US$14 million (successful on all issues); a LCIA Arbitration (share purchase dispute) worth US$100million; acting as sole counsel in three high-value superyacht disputes.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Jessica Sutherland is an effective barrister whose practice covers shipping litigation and arbitration. She acts on matters arising from charter party disputes and general average claims. She upholds an active cross-border practice and has experience taking on cases originating in Hong Kong and South Africa.
Jessica Sutherland maintains a broad insurance practice acting in brokers' negligence claims and reinsurance matters, in addition to coverage disputes. She offers expertise in both marine and non-marine claims. She is also proficient in cross-border matters involving shipping. She has notable experience in Bermuda Form arbitrations.
Jessica Sutherland is recognised for her enviable international arbitration practice. She earns plaudits for her expert knowledge of insurance, reinsurance, shipping and commodities disputes. Such expertise has seen Sutherland arbitrate under LMAA, SIAC, LCIA, ICC and Bermuda Form rules. She has earned a particularly strong reputation as a go-to representative for shipyards facing defect, damages or delay claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jess is very good at getting to grips with highly technical and factual details. She's extremely hard-working, very approachable and easy to work with, and she integrates very well into a big team."
"Jessica is exceptional. She distils complex legal arguments really effectively and she's very good with novel parts of the law. I really hope to see her take silk in the near future."
"Jessica is an incredibly hard-working and calm advocate."
"Jessica's attention to detail is exceptional and she is a real pleasure to work with. Her skilful work is accompanied by calm, measured and rigorous advocacy."
"Jessica is an impressive junior. She is hard-working, meticulous in her analysis of legal and factual issues, and very approachable."
"Jessica is intelligent and capable of grappling with difficult issues."
"Jess is very good at getting to grips with highly technical and factual details. She's extremely hard-working, very approachable and easy to work with, and she integrates very well into a big team."
"Jessica is exceptional. She distils complex legal arguments really effectively and she's very good with novel parts of the law. I really hope to see her take silk in the near future."
"Jessica is an incredibly hard-working and calm advocate."
"Jessica's attention to detail is exceptional and she is a real pleasure to work with. Her skilful work is accompanied by calm, measured and rigorous advocacy."
"Jessica is an impressive junior. She is hard-working, meticulous in her analysis of legal and factual issues, and very approachable."
"Jessica is intelligent and capable of grappling with difficult issues."
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