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Provided by Marie Louise Kinsler KC
Practice Areas
Marie Louise Kinsler KC specialises in private international law. She is sought after for her expertise on jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement in a broad range of international claims. She has particular experience in insurance, travel law cases and group claims involving environmental law and human rights.
Marie Louise has appeared in a number of landmark conflicts cases in the Supreme Court, including the Brownlie litigation [2021] UKSC 45, Vedanta Resources plc v Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20, Iraqi Civilians v Ministry of Defence [2016] UKSC 25 and Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2014] UKSC. Other notable cases include: HRH Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell plc, Laserpoint v Prime Minister of Malta [2016], XL v AXA [2016] Lloyd’s Rep 420, Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers [2014]. She is highly experienced in working with foreign lawyers in both English and foreign court proceedings as well as in arbitrations.
Clients benefit from Marie Louise’s academic work in private international law which she has pursued alongside her practice at the Bar. In recent years this has included teaching the International Commercial Litigation course at Cambridge University with Professor Richard Fentiman KC (hon). In 2021, in recognition of her expertise on choice of law, she was appointed as the National Rapporteur for the UK and Ireland for the European Commission’s 2021 review into the application of Rome II in the Member States.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Marie Louise Kinsler KC has a leading group litigation practice. She is especially noted for her work in international group claims accusing mineral and oil companies of environmental and human rights abuses.
Marie Louise Kinsler KC has a formidable standing in the market, having been involved in an array of key cases concerning EU law and Rome II. She receives tremendous praise for her profound understanding of private international law, and is instructed by both claimant and defendant solicitors in complex RTA cases. She has experience appearing before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She provides nuanced and hugely insightful advice."
"Marie's standout skill is her expertise in jurisdiction and foreign law; she is encyclopedic in her knowledge."
"Marie is unparalleled in terms of breaking down issues and walking judges through them."
"She is an encylopedia of knowledge."
"She provides nuanced and hugely insightful advice."
"Marie's standout skill is her expertise in jurisdiction and foreign law; she is encyclopedic in her knowledge."
"Marie is unparalleled in terms of breaking down issues and walking judges through them."
"She is an encylopedia of knowledge."
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