CPD Course:
Introduction to
Aviation Insurance
Law and Practice

Current Position: Partner, Crump & Co.

Years of Experience: 38

Years in Current Position: 31

Previous Firms

• 1981-present: Crump & Co.
• 1975-81, Norton Rose Botterell & Roche
• 1973-75, Crossman Block & Keith

Career Highlights:
Devising strategies to resolve complex, often high profile cases on behalf of clients.

Professional Interests:
Hands-on involvement in case handling and practice management.

Areas of Practice:
Aviation; Shipping; Transport; Insurance; Claims and Recoveries; Carriage of Passengers and Goods; Casualty Investigation; Personal Injury; Pleasure Craft; Risk Management; Litigation; Dispute Resolution.

Jurisdictions: Hong Kong; England & Wales

Language: English

Published Works or Articles/Professional Positions:

• Numerous
• Hong Kong Correspondent, Lloyd's Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly
• Hong Kong Correspondent, DMC's Shipping and Insurance Law Case Notes
• Member, Hong Kong Law Society Insurance Law Committee

Date of Birth: 5th November, 1949

Place of Birth: Kendal, Cumbria, England

Hobbies:
Legal practice, Flying (PPL), Boating, Walking, Technical Diving (TDI Advanced Wreck Diver), Keeping Fit, Hong Kong, the English Lake District, Property Development Projects, Motorcycling

• Introduction to Aviation Insurance Law and Practice
1. Historical
2. Boats and Planes
3. Marine Insurance Act 1906
4. Aircraft
5. Hull "All Risks"
6. Hull "Total Loss"
7. Mechanical Breakdown
8. Deductible Insurance
9. Residual Value Insurance
10. Loss of Use
11. Spare Parts and Equipment
12. Ground Handling and Support Equipment
13. Cargo in Transit


• Aircraft Liabilities
1. Introduction
2. Coverage
3. Bodily Injury/Personal Injury
4. Limits of Liability
5. Passenger Liability
6. Cargo and Mail Liability


• General Liabilities
1. Introduction
2. Coverage


• Aircraft and Airline General Third-Party Liability


• War and Allied Perils
1. Exclusion
2. The Aircraft
3. Aircraft Political Risks Coverage
4. Limited Hull "Write Back" Coverage
5. Spare Parts and Equipment
6. Liabilities
7. Cargo "All Risks"
8. Key Issues


• Financing and Leasing
1. Introduction
2. Documentation
3. Definitions
4. Insurance Requirements
5. Evidence of Insurance
6. Insurance/Reinsurance
7. Liability
8. Engine Leasing


• Summary


• Conclusion