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John Marrin KC
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John Marrin KC specialises in construction, engineering and energy-related disputes. His experience also extends to various other technical fields such as computer software, rail and supply disputes in the oil and gas sector.
John Marrin has practised from Keating Chambers for over 35 years. He served as Head of Chambers from 2005 to 2010. Until 2017, he represented a wide variety of clients in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and the Supreme Court in England and before various other domestic and international tribunals.
He is a former Recorder of the Crown Court and a former Deputy High Court Judge, sitting both in the Queen’s Bench Division and in the Technology and Construction Court. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and he is named on various arbitration panels internationally. John Marrin has long experience of acting as an adjudicator and as a mediator. He is a TECBAR Accredited Adjudicator and a CEDR Accredited Mediator.
John Marrin now practises primarily as an Arbitrator.
Career
Called to the Bar – Inner Temple 1974, Queen’s Counsel 1990, Assistant Recorder of the Crown Court 1993, CEDR Accredited Mediator 1993, Recorder of the Crown Court 1997-2014, Deputy Judge of the Technology and Construction Court 1997-2014, Fellow – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1998, Bencher of the Inner Temple 2002, Deputy High Court Judge 2008-2014
Education
MA in Law – Magdalene College, Cambridge 1973
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
(Leading arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 1John Marrin KC
–Keating Chambers ‘John is decisive, efficient and fair.’
Keating Chambers ‘remains the leading set for construction and engineering disputes’. Members act as arbitrators, either on a full-time basis, or in addition to counsel practices, and receive regular arbitration appointments in large-scale, high value and complex commercial international arbitrations including many of the largest infrastructure, construction, energy and offshore disputes globally. Barristers are often dual-qualified as chartered engineers, such as Robert Gaitskell KC, and are particularly renowned for their significant expertise in construction, engineering, energy and natural resources. On the senior end, John Marrin KC, Veronique Buehrlen KC and Marcus Taverner KC secure notable appointments, particularly in the Middle East.
Asia Pacific - The English Bar > Construction, energy and infrastructure
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1John Marrin KC – Keating Chambers ‘A highly analytical silk.’