Helen Noble , SC
Helen is a dual Irish and English practising solicitor with over 30 years’ experience specialising in all areas of maritime and transport law. Helen was one of the first 17 solicitors in Ireland to be conferred a Patent of Precedence by the Government of Ireland and designated the title of Senior Counsel as proven capacity for excellence.
Helen set up her own practice in Ireland in 2014 specialising exclusively in maritime, shipping and transport law.
Helen acts for the P&I Clubs, their members and other interests in ship arrests, cargo claims, charterparty and bill of lading disputes and defending personal injury claims. She has acted in a number of collisions, groundings and casualties and has regularly advised on issues of port state control, marine casualty investigations by authorities and has routinely represented owners and crew in prosecutions.
Helen is regularly instructed to assist clients on commercial negotiations and the drafting of commercial agreements. She has drafted a wide spectrum of shipping and transport documents such as charterparties, bills of lading, MOA’s, terms and conditions of transport and management agreements. Helen also advises borrowers, lenders and lessors on ship finance transactions drafting both security documentation, legal opinions in relation to borrowers and drafting corporate filings. She advises on the acquisition of new buildings and the sale and purchase of second-hand tonnage.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 1993
Year Taken Silk
- 2020
Experience
- Legal Associate, Consult Marine (1996 - 1998)
- Associate, International Litigation Group, Watson Farley & Williams, London and Singapore (1998 - 2008)
- Partner and Head of Shipping Law, Mason Hayes & Curran (2004 - 2008)
- Head of Shipping Law Group, Partner in Commercial Litigation Group, Matheson (2008 - 2012)
- Director, Campbell Johnson Clark Ltd. and Head/Resident Partner, Campbell Johnson Clark Ireland (2012 - 2014)
Membership
- LMAA
- FTAI Ireland
Qualifications
- LLB (1993)
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales (1994)
- LLM International Commercial Law (1995)
- Solicitor (England and Wales) (1999)
- Solicitor (Ireland) (2004)
- Senior Counsel (Ireland) (2020)
Education
- Nottingham Trent University (1990-1993)
- Inns of Court School of Law (1993-1994)
- Nottingham University (1994-1995)
1 Contributions by Helen Noble
PRACTICE NOTES
Ireland: Sale and purchase of second-hand vessels-MoAs, NSF forms, inspection and delivery, title and encumbrances, financing, insurance, arbitration, registration and fishing vessel requirements
This Practice Note examines a typical transaction for the sale and purchase of a second-hand commercial vessel in Ireland, and in particular considers:
the principal standard forms used in the market
how delivery is conducted
the passing of title and risk
delivery free of encumbrances
the identification of the parties
key considerations for financiers, and
sale and purchase of fishing vessels specifically
Memorandum of agreement
As in the UK, many second-hand ship sales are arranged through sale and purchase brokers (commonly referred to as ‘S&P’ brokers) acting for their principals. In Ireland, most shipping sales concern vessels for private use or commercial fishing. For larger vessels, negotiations typically proceed via a series of written exchanges, with the agreed terms then formally captured in a contract between the shipowner (as seller) and the buyer, generally called a memorandum of agreement (or MoA).
Standard forms
Internationally recognised standard-form contracts for the sale and purchase of commercial ships are generally used to document the terms of the deal, with the versions most frequently adopted where an Irish seller or purchaser is involved including:
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