16 January Electronic Lecture flyer

LUNCHTIME LECTURE
Friday 16th January 2015
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Speaker:
Michael Kelleher (West of England P&I Club)
Topic:
The Rising Cost of Wreck Removal – The Response of the
International Group of P&I Clubs
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Role of Large Casualty Working Group
LCWG – Scope of Review and Findings
Focus on COSTA CONCORDIA and issues arising therefrom
Concept of Outreach – Memoranda of Understanding
Outreach at Work – Progress to date and future plans
Impact on Marine Casualty Costs
Michael Kelleher read jurisprudence at Oxford University and thereafter qualified as a barrister.
In 1978 he left the bar and joined the West of England P&I Club where he was deployed in its
Claims Department. In the mid to late eighties he managed the West of England’s Hong Kong
office and on his return was appointed a Director. Michael is now the Senior Claims Director
at the Club and is responsible for the claims service in all the clubs offices worldwide. Michael
is a member of the International Group’s Salvage Sub-Committee and also BIMCO’s
Documentary Committee. He was involved in the revision of BIMCO’s Wreck Hire, Wreck
Fixed and Wreck Stage contracts with representatives of the ISU in 2010 and is now Chairman
of the International Group’s Large Casualty Working Group
13.00 – 14.00
The Old Library
Lloyd’s, Lime Street
London EC3
By kind permission of Lloyd’s
Admission is free to BILA Members and their Guests
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