Specialists in Commercial Dispute
Avoidance & Dispute Resolution

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Professional history

2007 - 2010 Elected President of the Society of Construction Arbitrators
2000 Appointed to the Construction Disputes Division, Permanent Arbitral Tribunals, the European Court of Arbitration
1998 On the nomination of the UN Secretary General, appointed a Commissioner to Chair a panel constituted under the auspices of the United Nations Compensation Commission. The panel reviews certain construction claims arising out of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq
1997-2000 Selected and appointed as an Arbitrator on Panel of China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission
1996 Elected member of The Institute for Transnational Arbitration and the Advisory Board thereof of The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Richardson, Texas
1996 Elected member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1993 Elected as the UK Jurisdiction Council member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
1992 - 2001 Member, Editorial Board, The Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Journal
1992 Appointed as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators maintained the Hong Kong Centre for International Arbitration
1992 Appointed as a member of the Panel of Accredited Arbitrators (Singapore International Arbitration Centre)
1991 Admitted to membership of COMBAR (The Commercial Bar Association of London)
1991 Admitted to membership of the Indian Council of Arbitration and to its Panel of International Arbitrators
1991 Honorary fellowship of the Association of Arbitrators (South Africa)
1990 Membership of CEDR (Centre for Dispute Resolution) Accredited as Mediator
1990 Appointed as one of Her Majesty's Counsel New South Wales, Australia
1990 Elected to be a supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators' Association
1990 Elected Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
1989 Admitted to practice at the New South Wales Bar, in Australia
1988 Admitted to practice at the Bar of California
1988 Elected as Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
1988 First admitted (ad hoc) to the Hong Kong Bar
1988 - 2005 Recorder of the Crown Court
1987-89 First Chairman of the newly-established Executive Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
1987-88 Senior Vice-president of the European Society of Construction Law
1987 Admitted to the Bar of the Irish Republic
1987 Admitted to the Arbitral Panels of the Los Angeles Center for Commercial Arbitration
1987 Admitted to membership of the American Arbitration Association
1985-93 Elected Council Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
1985-87 President of the European Society of Construction Law
1984-85 Senior Vice President European Society of Construction Law
1984 Admitted to membership of the Society of Construction Arbitrators
1983-85 First President of the newly-founded Society of Construction Law
1982 Admitted (ad hoc) to the Bar of Malaysia
1982 Admitted to the Freedom of the City of London
1982 Appointed to be one of Her Majesty's Counsel (England and Wales)
1981 Admitted to the RIBA Panel of Arbitrator
1979 Admitted to the ICE Panel of Arbitrators
1976 Elected Fellow of the Faculty of Building
1973 Elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
1967 Called to the Bar of England and Wales
1963 Admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn