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The terms governing the use of this website and any informal interaction with OMRA.

Last updated · April 2026

§ I

General Notice

This website is published by OMRA – Operational Maritime Risk Advisory for general informational and professional presentation purposes only. The material on this website is intended to describe the nature of OMRA's services, experience, approach, and areas of work. It does not constitute legal advice, regulated legal services, insurance advice, financial advice, or a binding professional opinion in relation to any specific matter. No person should act, refrain from acting, or make strategic, commercial, procedural, evidential, legal, or technical decisions solely on the basis of material published on this website.

§ II

No Legal Advice

Viewing this website, contacting OMRA, sending an enquiry, submitting information, exchanging emails, or discussing a potential matter does not by itself create: • an expert witness retainer, • an adviser-client relationship, • a fiduciary relationship, • a duty to accept instructions, • a duty to provide an opinion, • or any obligation to meet procedural or legal deadlines. Any professional engagement with OMRA shall arise only if and when OMRA has expressly accepted instructions in writing and the scope, terms, limitations, and basis of engagement have been agreed.

§ III

No Reliance

This website and its contents are provided on a no-reliance basis. No third party, counterparty, insurer, broker, owner, charterer, lawyer, club, tribunal, court, authority, or other person may rely upon any content on this website as a substitute for a matter-specific review, formal instruction, or written opinion issued by OMRA for a specific engagement. Any use of this website or its content is entirely at the user's own risk.

§ IV

Scope of Services

Any services described on this website are subject to: • conflict checking, • availability, • suitability of the matter, • access to sufficient documents and evidence, • applicable law and procedure, • written agreement on scope, • written agreement on fees and terms, • and OMRA's right to decline or limit instructions. References to expert witness support, ADR support, dispute support, causation review, standard of care assessment, casualty analysis, or technical advisory work do not mean that such services are available in every matter, jurisdiction, or forum, nor that OMRA will accept every instruction.

§ V

Case-Specific Nature of All Opinions

Maritime casualty, dispute, causation, standard of care, seamanship, navigation, operational risk, and technical evidence issues are highly fact-sensitive. Any preliminary comments, publications, or general observations published on this website are necessarily high-level and cannot account for the full documentary, factual, technical, procedural, and legal context of any specific matter. A reliable professional opinion requires review of the full available evidence, relevant documents, procedural context, applicable standards, and instruction scope.

§ VI

No Guarantee of Outcome

OMRA does not guarantee: • the acceptance of any instruction, • the content of any final opinion, • the success of any claim or defence, • the admission of any expert evidence, • the outcome of any arbitration, mediation, negotiation, court proceedings, or settlement process, • or the enforcement of any position, claim, award, or procedural strategy. Past experience, prior roles, professional background, or published observations do not guarantee any future result.

§ VII

Independence of Opinion

Where OMRA is engaged to provide expert or technical opinion work, such work is intended to be independent, evidence-led, and based on the material actually reviewed, the scope of instruction, and the applicable professional framework. OMRA reserves the right to decline, qualify, amend, or withdraw from an instruction where: • the available material is incomplete or unreliable, • the instruction sought is inconsistent with independence, • new evidence materially alters the position, • there is a conflict of interest, • or continued involvement would be professionally inappropriate.

§ VIII

Professional and Technical Content

This website may refer to maritime practice, navigation, seamanship, casualty response, arbitration support, evidential analysis, operational standards, risk control, and industry procedures. Such material is provided for general background only and may not reflect all current legal, regulatory, procedural, contractual, or jurisdiction-specific developments. Users should not assume that any publication, article, checklist, or website wording constitutes a complete statement of applicable law, regulation, industry custom, evidential standard, or procedural requirement.

§ IX

External Counsel and Other Professionals

Where appropriate, users should obtain advice from qualified lawyers, procedural counsel, local counsel, insurers, surveyors, accountants, or other specialist professionals. OMRA's services are intended, where relevant, to complement and support broader professional teams, not to replace them unless explicitly agreed in writing within the defined scope of a particular engagement.

§ X

Confidentiality of Enquiries

OMRA will treat enquiries professionally and with appropriate discretion. However, unsolicited information sent through a website form, email, or other communication channel should not be assumed to be privileged, conflict-cleared, or accepted as part of a formal engagement until OMRA has confirmed acceptance in writing. Users should avoid sending highly sensitive, privileged, or deadline-critical material until instruction terms have been agreed.

§ XI

Website Content and Availability

OMRA may update, revise, remove, or suspend any part of this website, its wording, service descriptions, publications, or contact methods at any time without notice. While reasonable care may be taken in presenting website content, OMRA makes no representation or warranty that: • the website will always be available, • the content will always be complete, current, or error-free, • the website will be free from technical defects, • or that all information shown is suitable for every jurisdiction or purpose.

§ XII

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the content of this website, including text, structure, wording, branding, logo, layout, and downloadable material, is the property of OMRA or used with appropriate permission. No part of this website may be copied, reproduced, republished, distributed, adapted, or used for commercial or professional reliance purposes without OMRA's prior written consent, except for reasonable personal reference with proper attribution where legally permissible.

§ XIII

Third-Party Links and Resources

This website may contain references or links to third-party websites, institutions, rules, publications, or resources for convenience only. OMRA is not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, legality, or reliability of any third-party material and does not necessarily endorse it.

§ XIV

Jurisdiction and Governing Basis

This disclaimer and any use of this website shall be subject to the governing law and jurisdiction specified in OMRA's formal written terms of engagement where applicable. In the absence of such written terms, nothing on this website shall be interpreted as conferring jurisdiction, accepting forum, or creating contractual obligations merely through site access or enquiry submission.

§ XV

Contacting OMRA

If you wish to instruct OMRA, request a conflict check, or discuss a possible matter, please contact OMRA directly through the stated contact details. Any potential engagement remains subject to formal review, conflict clearance, availability, and written acceptance.

§ XVI

Entire Disclaimer

This disclaimer forms an integral part of the use of this website and shall be read in conjunction with any applicable terms of engagement issued by OMRA.

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