Tom Morgan

About Tom

Tom is a Partner in HFW’s Shipping team in London. A seasoned litigator, Tom has built a strong reputation for handling some of the Shipping teams most high value, complex casualties, through to arbitration and before the court and appellate courts.

He has significant experience in fires, explosions, collisions, groundings, stow collapses, heavy weather damage and the carriage of dangerous goods. This includes dealing with the initial casualty response, port of refuge issues, accident investigation, jurisdictional disputes, through to contractual disputes under contracts of carriage. This often involves issues of salvage, general average and limitation.

Tom regularly presents to clients in the container shipping and car carrier markets on marine casualties. On the advisory side, he has helped clients on contract terms including charterparties, slot-charterparties, vessel sharing agreements, contracts of affreightment, NVOCC bills, liner bills and management agreements.

He also has a particular interest in chemical product tankers and regularly advises clients on disputes arising from the carriage of dangerous acid cargoes.

Prior to returning to HFW’s London office in January 2018, Tom spent almost five years in HFW’s Hong Kong office. During this time, he took on secondments with two P&I Clubs, based in their Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. He retains good contacts with clients across a number of Asian markets.

Tom is qualified in England and Wales.