Arbitration & ADR
Members of Crown Office Chambers are regularly involved in domestic and international arbitrations, either acting as counsel on behalf of the parties or sitting as a sole arbitrator or on arbitral panels.
They have been involved in arbitrations arising from contracts for construction, engineering and exploration works, financial services and commercial, insurance and reinsurance contracts. Also Health Service and Health Industry disputes.
Barristers have acted as counsel in domestic and international arbitrations concerning power stations, process engineering and chemical plants, road construction, railway and underground works and other high profile construction and engineering projects. They have acted for major infrastructure providers, developers, employers, contractors, construction professionals, the insurance market and the insured.
They have acted in domestic arbitrations held in London and elsewhere in the UK and in international arbitrations held in London, Europe, the Middle East, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and the United States of America.
Members of Chambers have been appointed to act as arbitrators by the parties, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the London Court of International Arbitration. They have conducted hearings in the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Members maintain close links with arbitration bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Society of Construction Arbitrators and the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators.
Members of Crown Office Chambers with extensive experience of arbitration as counsel are:
- Michael Harvey QC
- Roger ter Haar QC
- Andrew Bartlett QC, Chartered Arbitrator
- Dr Cyril Chern, FCIArb, Chartered Arbitrator, CIArb Accredited Adjudicator, Accredited Mediator
- Andrew Phillips
- Jane Davies
- Michael Curtis, MCIArb
- Kim Franklin, Chartered Arbitrator, Society of Construction Arbitrators, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Council Member and Chair of the Professional Conduct Committee)
- Ian Wright, FCIArb
- Andrew Rigney
- Andrew Davis
- Susan Lindsey, Chartered Arbitrator
- Ben Quiney
- Daniel Shapiro
- Dr Volker Triebel, FCIArb
The following members of Chambers also regularly sit as arbitrators and/or are available for arbitral appointment in the following areas:
- Sir Roy Beldam Commercial, Construction and Insurance
- Sir Bruce Martin QC Health Industry and Health Care
- Sir Michael Wright Commercial
- Michael Harvey QC Commercial, Construction, Insurance, Domestic and International. See CV for details of experience as arbitrator.
- Roger ter Haar QC Insurance, Construction and Professional Negligence, Domestic and International. See CV for details of experience as arbitrator.
- Andrew Bartlett QC, Chartered Arbitrator Commercial, Financial Services, Construction, Insurance, Domestic and International. See CV for details of experience as arbitrator.
- Dr Cyril Chern, FCIArb, Chartered Arbitrator, CIArb Accredited Adjudicator, Accredited Mediator.
- Kim Franklin, Chartered Arbitrator, Domestic Construction. See CV for details of experience as arbitrator.
- Ian Wright FCIArb Domestic Construction
- Susan Lindsey Chartered Arbitrator Domestic Construction
Detailed CVs and particulars of barristers' arbitration experience are available on request. For more information contact us.
