John Simpson (Capt.)

John Simpson is a master mariner having substantial experience in command and as a first class pilot in the UK.  He is also a Younger Brother of London Trinity House and a member of the Lloyd’s panel of Special Casualty Representatives (SCR).

He has acted as a nautical assessor to the High Court of Hong Kong and given expert oral evidence in London Arbitrations, Courts in England, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Indonesia and Israel, during criminal and civil cases. He has provided expert reports on collisions, groundings, unsafe ports and berths, use of tugs and manoeuvring issues, seaworthiness, personal injury and death, pollution and fouling of submarine pipelines and cables.