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Karen practises in commercial law and international trade, with a particular focus on arbitration and shipping.

Karen is regularly instructed to advise and appear in shipping, shipbuilding and arbitration disputes. She has particular experience in arbitration-related court proceedings including: various award challenges under sections 67, 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996; various issues relating to limitation, commencement of arbitral proceedings and validity of notice of arbitration; numerous cases raising issues as to scope of arbitration agreement; anti-suit injunctions and other remedies for breach of arbitration agreement; section 44 applications for interim injunctive relief; New York Convention award enforcement proceedings.

Karen also has extensive shipping law expertise, and has recently been instructed in several off-hire disputes arising from Covid 19 infections on board vessels.

Karen is a sought after and directory-ranked arbitrator sitting in maritime and commercial arbitrations. She has sat as chair, sole and party-appointee and has acted under the LCIA and LMAA Rules and in ad-hoc arbitration. She is also a qualified mediator.

She writes and lectures widely on arbitration, private international law and shipping topics. Karen is the co-author of London Maritime Arbitration, the fourth edition of which was published in 2017. She accepts appointments in maritime and commercial arbitration references.