Philip Aspin

Philip Aspin is a commercial barrister at 7 King’s Bench Walk with a broad practice encompassing shipping, insurance and reinsurance, civil fraud, and general commercial litigation. Current or recent instructions include: acting for the Government of Sri Lanka in ongoing Admiralty Court limitation proceedings arising out of one of the most notorious marine casualties of recent years, the loss of the container ship “X-Press Pearl” off the port of Colombo in May 2021; acting for the claimant in a very high value Commercial Court event cancellation reinsurance claim arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is scheduled for trial in early 2026; acting for the successful claimants in an LMAA arbitration arising out of shipbuilding contracts for two LNG carriers, resulting in a damages award of almost US$300m; and acting for the claimant in a Commercial Court civil fraud dispute arising out of a contract for the sale of Greek solar energy parks.