Over 31 years of maritime experience of which 17 years maritime and energy surveying
Personal Experience
John Noble spent about 40 years in the marine
surveying business, from running his own business
(Murray Fenton and Associates Limited), based
in London, to 5 years as head of The Salvage
Association following its acquisition by BMT.
John attended over 60 major casualties (BRAER,
SEA EMPRESS, ERIKA, for example). Involvement
in these casualties often lead to dealing with
matters of causation and gathering evidence.
In addition, John acted as an expert witness
on about 70 cases in a number of jurisdictions.
(UK, USA, Canada, Sudan, UAE and Sweden to list
a few.)
John was the technical editor in
three appropriate publications:
- Casualty Management Guidelines (2012)
- Guidelines for Collecting Maritime Evidence
Volume 1 (2016)
- Guidelines for Collecting Maritime Evidence
Volume 2 (2019)
- John retains an active interest in the topic
and is assisting the legal representatives in
a number of on-going cases.
