John Korzeniowski

	John Korzeniowski Partner
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Expertise:
John specialises in aviation insurance, personal injury and property damage claims, liability and general aviation.  He acts for airlines, aviation regulators, pilots, general aviation clients and UK and US insurers.  John has built up a considerable practice in sports aviation including parachuting, hang gliding, paragliding and gliding. He has lived and practised in the British Virgin Islands where he is admitted to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Whilst in the Caribbean, John focused on aviation law and commercial litigation and has significant experience in handling aviation claims in Caribbean and Latin American jurisdictions.

Career:

• Partner, Aviation Team; Thomas Cooper & Stibbard, London; 2001-2004.
• Aviation Consultant and Head of Litigation, Smith-Hughes, Raworth & McKenzie, British Virgin Islands; 2000-2001.
• Senior Associate, Aviation Unit, DLA (Dibb Lupton Alsop), London; 1997-2000.
• Solicitor, Aviation Department, Jarvis & Bannister, London; 1992-1997.
• Barrister, Constant & Constant, London; 1990-1992.

Education:

• Solicitor, admitted in England and Wales, 1992.
• Called to the Bar, 1990.
• Admitted to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI), 2000.
• University College London, Air Law Certificate (Distinction), 1993.
• Inns of Court School of Law, 1990.
• B.A. (Hons) Law, Cambridge University (Robinson College), 1989.

Special Awards:

• Grays Inn Scholarship.

Professional Affiliations:

• Former honorary solicitor to the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association.

Lecturing:

• Chartered Institute of Insurance, Cranfield University (College of Aeronautics). Subjects have included: International Carriage by Air, Surface Damage and the Rome Convention, Personal Injury Litigation in the UK and Europe, Dealing with the Media, An Introduction to the English Legal System, An Introduction to the Warsaw System.

Interests:
John is interested in architecture, jazz, opera, classical music and garden design.

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