Aviation is a key practice area for 3 Hare Court. Our skills in commercial litigation and personal injury / travel run hand in hand with our considerable international experience in aviation claims.

Our members have acted for airlines, aircraft owners, airport authorities, tour operators and travel agents, lessors and lessees, insurers, consumers/passengers and aircraft staff.

We have acted in disputes across all aspects of the industry including claims involving leasing and purchase disputes, insurance and reinsurance disputes, psychiatric injury following air accidents, employers’ liability claims, claims outside the Conventions, military related claims and carriage by air disputes.

Members are also regularly called upon to contribute to legal journals and speak at industry conferences on important aviation decisions and their implications, plus any arising jurisdictional issues.

We can advise on issues relating to:

  • Commercial aviation disputes
  • Insurance and reinsurance
  • Leasing and purchase disputes
  • Air carrier liability involving individuals and group litigation
  • Personal injury, air accident, and fatality claims
  • General aviation and maintenance disputes
  • Airport disputes
  • Regulatory and compliance issues
  • Tour operator liability

Members of Chambers are highly recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners – 2026 UK Bar Guide for London for their expertise and market recognition in Aviation:

Details of cases in which our members have acted, or are acting, are set out in each barrister’s profile. Notable cases include:

Supreme Court decision on economic duress. Read the Judgment here.

$688 million insurance claim to cover the loss of jets detained in Russia following the war in Ukraine. Read the Judgment here.

Personal injury claim with complex issues of jurisdiction and applicable law. Read the Judgment here.

Compliance issues and penalties issues under UK Emissions Trading Scheme. Read the Judgment here.

Concerning expert witness (on English law) relating to aerotoxic syndrome.

Aviation barristers

Katherine Deal KC

Call: 1997Silk: 2019

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Howard Stevens KC

Call: 1990Silk: 2012

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Thomas Roe KC

Call: 1995Silk: 2014

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Pierre Janusz

Call: 1979

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Dan Saxby

Call: 2000

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Asela Wijeyaratne

Call: 2008

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Christopher Loxton

Call: 2009

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Daniel Goldblatt

Call: 2017

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Samuel McNeil

Call: 2018

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Adam Riley

Call: 2018

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Katharine Bailey

Call: 2019

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Claire Errington

Call: 2021

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Rory Turnbull

Call: 2021

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Nicholas Leah

Call: 2022

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Tabitha Hutchison

Call: 2022

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Anna Gatrell

Call: 2023

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Nicole Pearson

Call: 2023

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William Knatchbull

Call: 2024

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Get in touch

Darren Whitbread

Senior Practice Manager

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  +44 (0)20 7415 7807
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Frazer Gale-Sinclair

Practice Manager

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  +44 (0)207 415 7939
  Email Frazer

Bradly Patterson

Practice Manager

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  +44 (0)20 7415 7911
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Toby Eales

Senior Practice Manager

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  +44 (0)20 7415 7803
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Please contact us either by telephone: +44 (0)20 7415 7800 or email: clerks@3harecourt.com

 

  

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