Partners

Jonathan Bruce

Jonathan Bruce is a Partner in the Shipping/Marine Insurance Group.

Jonathan graduated from Oxford University, then qualified as a solicitor in September 1997, joining Elbornes and becoming a Partner in 2006 having spent 10 years at another major City insurance/shipping firm.

Jonathan specialises in marine and energy insurance/reinsurance, as well as shipping, international trade disputes and aviation insurance. He acts mainly for insurers, reinsurers, energy companies, shipowners, P&I, charterers, container leasing companies and traders.

Jonathan acts in marine claims arising from losses worldwide, including groundings/collision, salvage/towage, GA, insolvency, defective bunkers etc., including recovery/defence and coverage issues. He also acts in charterparty, Bills of Lading, and ship repair disputes, and advises on commercial shipping/trading contracts. On the non-marine side, he acts in coverage and subrogation claims involving property and business interruption, pipeline damage, general liability claims, builders’ risks/CAR, and DSU, in both onshore and offshore energy, and extending to the power, mining, and industrial sectors. His aviation experience relates mainly to helicopter and GA losses, usually in Latin America.

He speaks fluent Portuguese (having lived in Brazil) as well as Spanish and French.

Jonathan lives in North London. He has a keen interest in football (he is an FA qualified referee), tennis, climbing, skiing, travel and, on rare occasions, good food and fine wines.

E-mail: bruce@elbornes.com

Elborne Mitchell lecture series - Lectures by Jonathan Bruce

Marine and energy covers: what about defects and damage? [8 December 2009] Download notes [Microsoft Word Document]
The Problem with Notification [11 September 2008] Download notes [Microsoft Word Document]
Marine and Energy Subrogation and Recoveries: Who gets the benefit? [6 December 2007] Download notes [Microsoft Word Document]
Legal Aspects of Managing Maritime Accidents [5 July 2006] Download notes [Microsoft Word Document]

Articles by Jonathan Bruce

Piracy: Whose risk is it anyway?
Jonathan Bruce looks at the recent piracy problems off Somalia, and how ransom liabilities might impact on the various insurance interests, including potential areas of dispute which may require policies being rethought. First published: Lloyd's List [31st December 2008]

A Shot in the Arm
AIRMIC’s new voluntary scheme to reduce the use of Reservation of Rights will benefit all parties, but only if they approach it in the intended spirit, say Jonathan Bruce and Andrew Stevenson of Elborne Mitchell. First published: Post Magazine [18th December 2008]