International Arbitration
During pupillage seats with Richard Sage and Patrick Maxwell, Colleen gained exposure to work in the field of international arbitration. Work included drafting a Letter of Response to an application for the provision of insurance coverage evidence in an arbitration – valued at more than $25 million – under the Arbitration Act 1996 and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2021.
While still a pupil, her skeleton argument was used in a DIAC arbitration involving sums of more than 50 million Qatari Riyal. Issues included the operation of set-off under the UAE Civil Code. Colleen is therefore familiar with researching, analysing, and interpreting Middle Eastern Civil Codes.
Colleen also gained exposure to international litigation and arbitration during her LLM, as part of which she selected International Trade Law as a specialist subject, with studies that included jurisdiction as well as the ICC and the LCIA rules. Colleen was awarded a high Distinction grade in this paper.
Colleen has written an instructive article on the topic of enforcing foreign arbitration awards in the courts of England and Wales for Chambers’ Commercial Law Blog. You can read her article here.
Colleen is also a member of the Young International Arbitration Group.
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- Dean’s Award for Best Academic Performance in MA Law (Conversion)
- Inner Temple Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award
- Inner Temple Major Scholarship
- Inner Temple Exhibition Scholarship
- Winner of the Aqeel H. Noorali Moot Cup
- Winner of the Oxford Bar Society Non-Law Moot
- Winner of the 2 Hare Court Mock Trial
- Various Collections Prizes from Oriel College, University of Oxford
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- BA French and German (First Class), University of Oxford
- MA Law (Conversion) (Distinction), University of Law
- LLM Master of Laws (Distinction), University of Law
Memberships
- Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
- Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)
- The Society of Construction Law (SCL)
- Professional Negligence Bar Association (PNBA)
- London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association (LCLCBA)
- Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
- Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA)
