Place of birth
British
Date Appointed
Appointed since 2015
Nationality
British
QUALIFICATIONS
- Born 1947, British
- University education at Bristol University (LLB) and at the London School of Economics (LLM)
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1977
- Barrister at 11 King’s Bench Walk, London and One Essex Court, London practising principally in commercial law including banking derivatives, insurance, international sales, competition law and auditors’ negligence, 1977-2001
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel,1987
- Deputy Judge, High Court of England and Wales 1998-2002
- Judge, High Court of England and Wales 2002-2014,sitting in the Commercial Court
- Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court 2014
- Presiding Judge, Western Circuit 2008-2012
- Justice of the DIFC Court (Dubai) from April 2015
- Deputy Judge of the Hong Kong High Court from April 2015
- Bencher, Hon Society of the Inner Temple
- Associate Professor, University of British Columbia and Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal 1969-1971 and 1973-1977
- Lecturer in law, Hong Kong University, 1971-1973
- Tung Yu Cheng Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University, 2014 –2015
- Arbitrator, International Commercial Arbitration in London, Hong Kong and Singapore
- Appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal, Cayman Islands, 2015