profile for jeremy prain - partner

BA (University of Stellenbosch), LLB (University of Stellenbosch), LLM (Shipping Law) (University of Cape Town), Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, Solicitor of the High Court of England and Wales, Member of the South African Maritime Law Association

Jeremy Prain joined Bowman Gilfillan in 2005, having previously practised shipping law in England for a number of years.

He is a partner in the department and handles a mixed caseload of wet and dry shipping, land carriage, marine insurance and shipping finance.

Major instructions include:
- Enforcement of a mortgagee’s rights in the judicial sales of the Ruby Deliverer, Rig Deliverer and Mighty Deliverer;
- Representing owner’s interests in a hull insurance claim arising from the sinking of the Shelf Explorer;
- Representing a state oil and gas corporation in two petrochemical contamination disputes involving the Eternity and Banga and
- Acting in the collision between the Anangel Splendour and Harvest Tamara

Jeremy is a past secretary and treasurer of the Maritime Law Association (Cape Chapter).

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