Bio
Tim is a Dispute Resolution Consultant.
Tim represents aviation insurers, airlines and manufacturers across Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.
He pioneered the use of common law injunctions to restrain forum shopping following aviation disasters.
His aviation disaster practice includes acting for aircraft operators and multinational aviation product manufacturers.
Originally trained as a commercial pilot at BOAC, Tim holds a current pilot’s licence and instrument rating. He is a founding member of the Lawyers Flying Association and a member of the Guild of Pilots and Air Navigators.
Examples of how Tim has supported clients include:
- Handling passenger liability claims across jurisdictions following an African bush accident involving European and US tourists, and recovering losses for the operator and insurers.
- Representing a Brazilian helicopter operator and insurers following an offshore AW139 loss, liaising with investigators and pursuing recovery of passenger and third-party settlements.
- Handling the Überlingen collision between a DHL Boeing 757 and Baskirian Airlines TU-154, including Zurich criminal proceedings against Skyguide, for Russian and London insurance markets.
- Advising on civil and criminal liability following the Smolensk accident as an appointed expert, and presenting at Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe hearings in Paris.
- Presenting technical evidence on noise nuisance and ecological effects of revised airspace and GPS approaches at a UK airport.
- Representing Malta’s Government and insurers in criminal investigations and civil litigation following the 1988 Lockerbie disaster.
- Participating in the investigation of the 2000 Concorde loss in Paris and handling parallel criminal and civil proceedings for Goodyear and insurers.