[DS-12]Dispute type
Arbitration support
Technical analysis and testimony for lease and maintenance arbitrations.
- 600
- Projects in the firm's log
- 237
- Lease returns
- 97
- Pre-purchase inspections
- 36
- Repossessions
2015 to 2024
Redelivery condition
Condition at sale
Condition at recovery
[DS-12.1]Questions addressed
The technical questions.
Opinions are limited to the expert's field: aircraft maintenance, records and condition.
- 01What are the technical issues the tribunal must decide?
- 02What does the documentary record establish on each?
- 03Where do the parties' experts agree and differ?
[DS-12.2]Basis
What is examined.
Every opinion states the facts relied on and where they came from.
- 01Pleadings and witness statements
- 02The technical record
- 03Opposing expert reports
[DS-12.3]Process
How an engagement runs.
- 01Conflict checkSend the parties, counsel and aircraft involved. Nothing is reviewed until conflicts are cleared.
- 02Initial case reviewA first look at the pleadings and the key records to confirm the questions fall inside the expert's field.
- 03EngagementScope, role as consulting or testifying expert, schedule and fee terms set out in writing.
- 04Inspection and analysisAircraft inspection where it is available, full records review, and analysis against the contract and the regulations.
- 05Report and testimonyWritten report, review of opposing opinions, and testimony at deposition, arbitration or trial.
[EW]Related
Continue in the practice.
- DS-01Lease return disputesRedelivery condition, records shortfalls, and the cost of bringing an aircraft to return standard.
- DS-02Aircraft repossession disputesCondition at recovery, missing records and components, and the work needed to remarket.
- DS-03MRO workmanship claimsWhether maintenance was performed and documented to the standard the contract and the rule require.
- EW-04Request a case reviewSend the parties and the aircraft. Conflicts are checked before anything is read.
[DS-12.R]Further reading
From the insights.
- INT-05What does an aviation maintenance expert witness do?The role of an aviation maintenance expert witness: the cases, the material reviewed, what goes in the report, and when counsel should bring one in.
- INT-06Lease return disputes: the technical questions they turn onThe technical questions at the centre of aircraft lease return disputes, the evidence that answers them and what a technical expert contributes.
[00]Start here
Put the aircraft on the record.
A transaction to close, a redelivery in dispute, or a case that needs a technical opinion. One call reaches the people who do the work.