B J Macfarlane & Co is a law firm specialising in maritime and aviation insurance, re-insurance, shipping and trade matters.
We are committed to providing our clients with a personalised, friendly, swift and cost-effective service, giving clear, concise, advice and working as a team with our clients and other experts.
Our principal is Ben Macfarlane, who was for 15 years a partner at the niche City practice of Clyde & Co. Ben has 20 years of experience as a litigation lawyer working in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore on a number of substantial shipping and insurance matters.
We are based in the heart of the City on Lombard Street. BJ Macfarlane & Co is
pioneering in seeking to outsource all of the back office functions normally associated with a law firm from secretarial work, through document handling to legal research functions. As a specialist practice, with low overheads we are able to offer a much more cost-effective service to our clients than the large City firms.
Thanks to the outsourcing of non-core support activities, we are able to punch above our weight in terms of carrying out heavy litigation. It likewise allows our lawyers to fully concentrate their legal expertise and energy on what counts - getting clients what they want.
This aspect of our business is of particular advantage to clients involved in the insurance claims process, as it means we can provide preliminary advice on legal issues affecting claims which would otherwise be considered too modest or ambiguous to be deserving of further scrutiny by solicitors. As such the service we offer can sharpen the entire claims process by allowing a legal opinion to be obtained on claims that would not normally be considered worthwhile sending to lawyers.
In all our activities, we pride ourselves on our expertise, tenacity, and personal attention. This is demonstrated by our client charter, which we have formulated in order to demonstrate our commitment to the highest standards of practice and performance.
B. J. Macfarlane & Co takes data protection very seriously. All of our data and all of our clients’ data is backed up via an extremely resilient and reliable backup and restore service.
We work on contract review and outsourcing matters in conjunction with Technology Law Solutions.
- Marine and aviation cargo business, including recovery actions
- Hull and machinery marine disputes and marine liabilities
- Terminal operators’ liability
- Professional indemnity
- Advice on pre-contract negotiations and wordings