Place of birth: British

Nationality: British

Appointed since 2015

QUALIFICATIONS

• University education at Bristol University (LL.B) and at the London School of Economics (LL.M)
• 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

BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Deputy Judge, High Court of England and Wales, 1998 – 2002;
• Judge, High Court of England and Wales (sitting in the Commercial Court), 2002-2014;
• Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, 2014;
• Presiding Judge, Western Circuit, 2008 – 2012;
• Justice of the DIFC Court (Dubai), April 2015;
• Deputy Judge, Hong Kong High Court, April 2015;
• Bencher, Honour 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