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- 1991
- 2007 Judge of the Commercial and Admiralty Courts.
- 1991
- 2007 Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench
Division.
- 1993
- 1996 Judge in charge of the management of the Lloyd's
Litigation.
- 1993
- 1994 Judge in charge of the Commercial Court.
- 1990
Chairman of the General Council of the Bar of England and
Wales.
- 1983
- 1990 Queen's Counsel.
- 1986
- 1990 Recorder.
- 1966
Called to the Bar, Gray's Inn.
- 1962
- 1965 Queens' College Cambridge MA, LLM.
Experience
in the Commercial Court.
17 years experience in dealing with claims arising out business,
commerce and trade including in particular claims relating to:
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- insurance
and re-insurance;
- banking
and financial services;
- shipping
and the construction of ships, oil rigs etc;
- the
exploitation of oil and gas reserves and other natural resources;
- the
carriage of goods by land, sea, air or pipeline;
- the
export and import of goods;
- arbitration;
- international
disputes between states;
- business
contracts and documents;
- the
operation of markets and exchanges;
- the
purchase and sale of commodities;
- major
construction projects/domestic and international;
- business
agency;
- disputes
concerning information technology.
Examples
of cases handled between 1991 and 2007 are set out in Appendix
1.
Publications
Encyclopaedia of Banking Law 1982 - present (with others).
Memberships
- The
London Court of International Arbitration.
- International
Chamber of Commerce.
- Chairman
of Commercial Court Working Party on Electronic
- Disclosure
- Report dated 6 October 2004.
- Chairman
of various committees concerned with Information
- Technology
for the Judiciary for about 10 years.
- Civil
Justice Counsel 1999 - 2003.
APPENDIX 1
Examples of cases when serving as a judge of the Commercial
Court 1991 - 2007
Insurance and re-insurance
- Judge
in charge of the management of the Lloyd's Litigation. The
Lloyd's litigation was the largest and most extensive civil
litigation in England and Wales. Leading cases included
Merrett (31.10.95), Clementson (1996) Times, 14 May and
Jaffray [2000] All ER (D) 1674 and [2002] All ER (D) 399.
Other
insurance and re-insurance cases: -
- Encia
Remediation Ltd v Canopius Managing Agents Ltd [2007] 2
All ER (Comm) 947 (extent of coverage under a professional
indemnity policy).
- Halifax
Life Ltd v The Equitable Life Assurance Society [2007] All
ER (D) 212 (reassurance of non-profit business - expert
determination - jurisdiction to order expert to provide
further reasons).
- CGU
International Insurance Plc and others v AstraZeneca Insurance
Co Ltd [2006] Lloyd's Rep IR 409 and [2007] 1 All ER (Comm)
501 (worldwide excess liability policy; reinsurance; proper
law).
- BP
Plc and others v GE Frankona Reinsurance Ltd [2003] All
ER (D) 390 (co- insureds various oil and gas entities -
meaning of the Open Cover and the effect of declarations
made under it).
- Kleovoulos
of Rhodes [2002] 2 All ER (Comm) 350 and [2003] 1 All ER
(Comm) 586 (marine insurance - war risks policy - exclusion
of liability for loss by reason of infringement of customs
regulations).
- Aneco
Reinsurance Underwriting Limited (in liquidation) v Johnson
& Higgins Ltd [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 565 and [2001] 2
All ER 929 (reinsurance- negligence - measure of damages).
- Gan
Insurance Co Ltd v Tai Ping Insurance Co Ltd [1999] Lloyd's
Rep IR 229 and [1999] 2 All ER (Comm) 54 (insurance and
re-insurance policies - proper law).
- Denby
v English & Scottish Maritime Insurance Company Ltd
and others and Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company
of Europe Ltd v Lloyd's Underwriting Syndicates 16.1.98
and 5.3.98 (the correct construction and effect of aggregate
extension clauses).
- Figre
Ltd v Mander and another (whether a valid and binding contract
of reinsurance existed).
- Hill
v Citadel Insurance Co Ltd and another [1995] Lloyd's Reinsurance
Reports 218 and 5.12.96 (quota share treaties - whether
re-insuring companies entitled to avoid treaty obligations)
Banking
and Financial Services
- AIC
Ltd v ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd. The Kriti Palm [2006]
1 Lloyd's Rep 1 and [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 667 (certificate
of quality for cargo of gasoline - whether duty to disclose
content of retests).
- Standard
Chartered Bank v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation
and others 1.4.98 and [2003] 1 AC 959 (letter of credit
- falsely antedated bill of lading).
- Raiffeisen
Zentral Bank Osterreich AG v Crossseas Shipping Ltd and
others [1999] 1 All ER (Comm) 626 and [2000] 3 All ER 274
(alteration to guarantee - whether guarantee enforceable).
- Bankers
Trust Company and another v PT Jakarta International Hotels
& Development [1999] All ER (D) 314 (ISDA master agreement
containing an LCIA arbitration clause - injunction to restrain
action in South Jakarta).
- Sierra
Leone Telecommunications Co Ltd v Barclays Banks Plc [1998]
All ER (D) 626 (account maintained by company wholly owned
by foreign Government - coup -who was entitled to operate
the mandate?).
- Hong
Kong Banking Corp Ltd v GD Trade Co Ltd 22.4.97 and [1997]
All ER (D) 88 (whether instruments bills of exchange).
- Merrill
Lynch Capital Services Inc v The Municipality of Piraeus
18.6.97 (international banking - the law governing the capacity
of a foreign private or public corporation).
- R
v Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd ex parte Weyell and
another [1994] 1 All ER 601 (the proper interpretation and
application of the Financial Services (Compensation of Investors)
Rules 1990).
- The
Swaps Litigation
Shipping
and the construction of ships, oil rigs etc
- Kellogg
Brown & Root Inc v Concordia Maritime AG and others
21.12.06 (purchase of VLCCs - claim under a guarantee).
- Brasoil
and Petrobras v FPSO Construction Inc and another (24.6.05
and [2007] EWHC 1359 (Comm), [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 924)
(the conversion of a VLCC into a FSO - P38 and the conversion
of a crane platform into a FPU - P40).
- Bergen
Industries and Fishing Corporation and others v Holding
Company
- Dalmoreproduct
and another 1.8.01 (claim for hire relating to 14 super
trawlers).
- The
Lendoudis Evangelos II 26.6.01 (cargo interests - general
average - whether vessel seaworthy).
- The
Bay Ridge [1999] All ER (D) 510 (whether negotiations resulted
in a binding contract of sale).
- The
exploitation of oil and gas reserves and other natural resources
- Masri
v Consolidated Contractors Group SAL and others 24.10.05
(jurisdiction).
- BHP
Billiton Petroleum Ltd and others v Dalmine SpA [2002] All
ER (D) 231 and [2003] All ER (D) 390 (steel pipes used in
the construction of a sub-sea gas re-injection pipeline
serving oil and gas fields - misrepresentation and causation).
The
carriage of goods by land, sea, air or pipeline
- P
& O Nedlloyd Ltd and another v M & M Militzer &
Munich International Holding AG [2002] All ER (D) 77 (transport
agency services - goods delivered without presentation of
original bill of lading).
- The
Eurasian Dream 7.2.02 (cargo interests claim against carriers
- whether vessel seaworthy).
- San
Carlos Milling Co Inc v Mainsail Navigation Corporation
8.11.00 (voyage charterparty - claim for short delivery).
- Esso
Petroleum Co Ltd v Texaco Ltd and others 19.10.99 (Participants
Agreement - pipeline project).
- The
Ikariada 2.7.99 (law governing the propriety of a bill of
lading - whether bill of lading contractual and proper).
- The
Thomas Cook Group Ltd and others v Air Malta Company Ltd
6.5.97 (Warsaw Convention cargo claim - armed robbery).
- The
Island Archon [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 388 and [1995] 1 All
ER 595 (charterparty - whether ship owners entitled to indemnity).
The
export and import of goods
- Marubeni
Hong Kong and South China Ltd v Government of Mongolia [2004]
All ER (D) 257 and [2005] 2 All ER (Comm) 289 (guarantee
provided by government in respect of international sales
contract).
- Bangladesh
Export Import Company Ltd v Sucden Kerry SA 26.4.93 and
13.10.94 (whether the revocation of import licence to be
treated as a frustrating event).
Arbitration
- The
Casco 28.2.05 (whether claims in an arbitration under a
charterparty were time barred).
- Metal
Distributors (UK) Ltd v ZCCM Investment Holdings Plc (the
extent of the jurisdiction of arbitrators and the legal
principles to be applied in determining whether a particular
dispute falls within the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal).
Flight Training International v International Fire Training
Equipment Ltd [2004] All ER (D) 123 (whether an agreement
contained an enforceable agreement to arbitrate).
- American
International Specialty Lines Insurance Company v Abbott
Laboratories 28.11.02 (whether wording such as "the
insurance … shall follow all the terms and conditions
of policy …" sufficient to incorporate an arbitration
clause in policy).
- Petroships
PTE Ltd of Singapore v Petec Trading and Investment Corporation
of Vietnam and others (the scope and ambit of sections 68
and 70 (4) of the Arbitration Act 1996).
International
Disputes between states (and states and their people) and claims
against states
- The
litigation between Kuwait and Iraq in relation to aircraft
and spares seized in the first Gulf war (Kuwait Airways
Corp v Iraqi Airways Co [2004] All ER (D) 215).
- The
Chagos Islanders (R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2006] 3 LRC
699 and [2007] All ER (D) 399).
- Kensington
International Ltd v Republic of Congo 26.5.06 and [2007]
EWCA Civ 1128 (execution of English judgments - attachment
of debts alleged to be owed by state - injunction).
Business
contracts and documents
- ProForce
Recruit Ltd v Rugby Group Ltd [2007] EWHC 1621 (QB) (contract
- construction - recruitment agency - meaning of 'preferred
supplier status').
The
duties of expert witnesses
- In
civil litigation - The Ikarian Reefer [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep
68.
- In
criminal cases - R v Bowman (2006) Times, 24 March.
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