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Chris Jefferis
Chris Jefferis is the head of the Insurance Business Group, having specialised in this area since becoming a partner in 1990. He is one of the many ‘home-grown’ partners, having been a trainee in the early 1980s.

Prior to that, Jefferis did his law degree at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary with Ince & Co’s senior partner James Wilson.
Clients say Jefferis is ‘accessible, succinct in his advice and very client friendly’, said Chambers & Partners 2011.
He is ‘commercial and user friendly and a strong academic lawyer’, according to the Legal 500 2011.
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Ince & Co achieves top rankings in Chambers Global 2013 edition
Briefings from Ince & Co
The Astra: single hire default entitles owners to withdraw and claim loss of profit for remaining charter period
A Commercial Court judge has decided that a failure to pay hire under an NYPE charterparty amounts to a breach of condition, entitling a ship-owner to terminate and seek damages.
Does a vessel arrested for a claim under a sale contract remain on hire?
Time charterer Cargill withheld hire from disponent owners NYK pursuant to a period off-hire clause in a time trip charter on amended NYPE terms.
Analysis from The Lawyer

Cover up
Professional indemnity cases keep hitting the court lists as settlement values continue to rise

