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International Commercial Arbitrator; Justice of Appeal in the Cayman Islands’ Court of Appeal. Previously a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales, sitting in the Commercial Court 2002 – August 2014; Deputy Judge in the Hong Kong High Court 2016 – 2020; Justice of the DIFC Court of Justice (Dubai) 2015 – 2023.

Professional - Called to the Bar in 1977. Silk in 1987. Practised in Commercial Law. Academic – taught commercial law subjects in the universities of British Columbia, Hong Kong and McGill, Montreal (1969 -1977).

Basic French; some Italian.

Member of the London Court of International Arbitration. Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.

Bristol University, LLB (Hons); London School of Economics, LLM (with Distinction).

Opera, theatre, visiting Italy.