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Aviation & Aerospace

Chambers’ aviation and aerospace group includes leading experts who advise and represent clients on issues across the aviation and aerospace sector in the UK and internationally. This includes the planning and development of airports, heliports and aviation related infrastructure, environmental, commercial, construction, civil liability and regulatory disputes, advice on compulsory purchase, surface access, noise and emission controls, AAIB inquiries and air accidents, air traffic services, the effects of wind turbines on radar and ATC, lease finance, airport, aircraft, pilot and crew licensing, engineering and management, taxation, aircraft leasing and sales, passenger claims, cases involving UK and foreign governments, ICAO, EASA and the CAA, competition, European and international law.

Members act for the full range of clients in the aviation and aerospace sector including international airlines, operators of private, domestic, regional and international airports varying in size from major UK airports to private farm strips and helipads, passenger carriers and freight forwarders, owners of single aircraft and fleets of aircraft, leasing companies, flight training schools, business aviation operators, aviation industry representative bodies, aero engine manufacturers and suppliers, aircraft and aerospace manufacturers and engineering companies, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, Department of Transport, Ministry of Defence, Treasury, Home Office and Border Control, other public bodies and local authorities, as well as private individuals and objector groups.

The aviation and aerospace group’s members have represented clients in commercial and construction law disputes, judicial review challenges, civil liability and AAIB investigations and inquiries, and regularly appear in the High Court and Court of Appeal, public inquiries, DCO inquiries and before Parliamentary Bill Committees, as well as appearing in dispute resolution hearings and arbitrations in the UK and internationally in particular in the Middle East and Asia as mediators, arbitrators and counsel.

Chambers is unique in the UK in being able to offer, within one set of chambers, expertise in all aspects of aviation and aerospace matters that are likely to arise within civil law.

Click here to download the Aviation & Aerospace Capability Statement.

Who to contact

Michael Kaplan is the Senior Clerk for the Aviation & Aerospace team and will, along with the clerking team below, be able to help you with any questions.

Michael Kaplan