Shaan Burton

Shaan is a partner of the marine team who handles a wide variety of dry shipping matters for both insurers and large companies. Shaan handles shipping and marine insurance claims and her practice includes the review and analysis of contracts for major freight forwarders, the defence of cargo damage claims, warehousing disputes, and providing policy coverage advice.

Shaan has significant experience of advising multinational freight forwarders, handling CMR disputes, as well as general contractual issues and cargo claims. Shaan has a particular focus on the transit of fine art, pharmaceuticals, commodities and the theft of general valuable cargo and wilful misconduct issues.

Shaan has a strong ports and terminals practice and regularly advises in respect of matters relating to claims from cargo interests and liabilities that arise from port operations.  Shaan’s ports and terminals practice provides a platform to advise as to the seizure, detention and destruction of cargo when being shipped to / from international ports.  This practice also extends to advising insurers in respect of increasing sanctions issues when covering losses within a sanctioned jurisdiction.

Shaan's policy coverage practice is extensive and includes not only coverage defences, but extends to advising insurers on suitable policy wordings for particular insured's and sectors.  Many of these policies are covering very specialised markets such as the transport of high value or dangerous goods.

Shaan handles warehouse disputes, in particular, advising on the duty of care when looking after goods, and also claims brought pursuant to industry standards such as UKWA. 

Shaan has a wide network of overseas contacts and regularly handles claims across jurisdictions.

Shaan is the author of the bi-monthly Logistics: Bite-Size Insights that covers regular updates and guidance for the logistics industry.

Shaan is also a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL).

Qualifications:

• Qualified in England in 2009