James Healy-Pratt
Partner and Head of the Aviation Department
Specialisation
Aviation accidents and catastrophes worldwide, from airline disasters to helicopter and general aviation crashes, also Space Law catastrophes involving satellites and satellite launches.
Memberships
Air Law Committee, Royal Aeronautical Society;
Honourable Society of Gray's Inn;
Law Society of England & Wales;
New York Bar;
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Career
Attorney (New York), Solicitor (England & Wales) BA Hons, LLM, Cert Air & Space Law, MRAeS.
Educated at Downside School, then at Durham University (BA Hons in Law).
Master of Laws Degree from University College London in International Air & Space Law.
Called to the Bar 1991 and pupilage at Temple Chambers, then in-house lawyer in the City and Lloyd's of London specialising in international aerospace.
Personal
Born 1st March 1968
Flying helicopters and vintage jets.
Surfing and fly-fishing when possible, preferably in the West of Ireland.
Married to Paula with two sons, Niall and Lorcan.
Resides in Forest Row, Sussex and sometimes Co. Mayo in Eire.