Linda A James
Legal Associate (Admiralty)
Advocate & Solicitor
LLB (Hons) Northumbria University, CLP
Specilisation
Linda A James specialises in Admiralty disputes. She regularly appears before the Admiralty Court in Kuala Lumpur. She also appears before the Malaysian Court of Appeal and trials in Admiralty Court. She has also appeared before foreign arbitral tribunals. She attends both dry and wet shipping disputes. She attends ship arrests in Malaysian waters.
Practising Jurisdictions
- Advocate & Solicitor, Malaysia
Recent cases
- A group of complex Admiralty and Commercial Court matters involving insolvency of the shipowner, in which Arun Kasi & Co represented the ship chandler. Linda assisted Dr Kasi in the proceedings in which the team succeeded in obtaining the relief for the client and judicially selling the vessel owned by the insolvent shipowner.
- A complex Admiralty Court matter involving OFAC sanction, in which Arun Kasi & Co represents the cargo owner. Proceedings are underway both at Admiralty Court and the Court of Appeal. Linda assists Dr Kasi in this ongoing matter, in which US$28 m is at stake.
- A complex Admiralty Court matter involving a not-common dispute as to ownership of a large commercial vessel recently purchased for US$20 m. Arun Kasi & Co represents the owners. Linda assists Dr Kasi in this ongoing matter.
- An complex Admiralty Court trial involving questions of lien held by a shipping agent on empty containers at hand for services provided to a shipping liner, now insolvent, and not paid for. Arun Kasi & Co represents the shipping agent. At stake is US$0.9 m. Linda assists Dr Kasi in this ongoing matter.
- A Commercial Court trial involving a US$0.6 m claim by the client-shipbroker for his commission against a subcontractor in Taipower project and defending the claim on the sub-contractor’s counterclaim with various heads of claims. Linda assisted Dr Kasi in the proceedings, in which the team succeeded in obtaining the relief for the client and defeating all the heads of counterclaim.
- An complex Admiralty Court matter, in which Arun Kasi & Co defends an insurer on a US$0.6 m cargo claim (shortage claim), in which various unprecedented questions of law have arisen, and lays a counterclaim for the insurer for refund of some shortage claims previously paid. Linda assists Dr Kasi in the proceedings.
- An Admiralty Court matter, in which Arun Kasi & Co represented a shipping agent in a claim for their claim for agency fees and their defence to a counterclaim against a sub-contractor in the Taipower project. Linda assisted Dr Arun Kasi in the proceedings, in which US$0.5 m was at stake, and the team successfully obtained the relief for the client.
- An Admiralty Court trial of allision, in which Arun Kasi & Co defends the ship operation in the claim by the port for US$0.2 m. Linda assists Dr Arun Kasi in this ongoing matter.
- A potential Admiralty Court matter, in which Arun Kasi & Co represents a state government entity in their claim against a vessel for collision with the client’s special purpose stationary vessel in the mouth of a river connecting to the ocean. Linda is hands on with this matter.
- An Admiralty Court matter, in which Arun Kasi & Co represented a fishing boat owner in their US$70,000 collision claim against a tugboat that had a barge in tow. Linda attended the ship arrest, and subsequently negotiated a successful settlement with the P&I club for the client.