Maritime Counsellor is a national qualified person who is defined by the Act on Maritime Accident Inquires, and who is appointed as the attorney of the examinee (the person who is requested for disciplinary action) in the Marine Accident Tribunal, and speaks on behalf of the examinee’s technical and factual claims regarding navigation. 

　Maritime Counsellor protects the interests of the examinee by, for example,

• Requesting a change of the tribunal date if it is inconvenient for the examinee.

• Checking the evidence submitted by other parties and the investigator, and making copies if necessary. 

• Questioning the other party in collision cases about the situation of the accident and the existence of responsibility. 

• Rebutting the opinion shown by the investigator by showing the examinee’s position and basis. 

• Stating the examinee’s claim clearly and trying to convince the tribunal judge. 

• Keeping confidential the facts and opinions that the examinee told the Maritime Counsellor.