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The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Gloster
Position
International commercial arbitrator, 2018 – date; acting as presiding and co-arbitrator in a wide range of international arbitrations, including: insurance/reinsurance, banking, oil and gas, energy, telecoms, shipping, construction, mining and infrastructure, joint venture, financial services, investment and investment treaty disputes; provider of expert legal advisory services in English law.
Career
Called to the Bar, March 1971; QC 1989; practised as a Commercial and Chancery QC at One Essex Court from 1991 – 2004; (part time) member of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, 1993 – 2004; High Court Judge, Queen’s Bench Division 2004-2013; first woman to be appointed a judge of the Commercial Court; Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court 2010-2012; Court of Appeal Justice 2013-2018; Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, 2016-2018; international commercial arbitrator, 2018 – date; Judge of the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts (2018-date) and a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda (2018-date) (both part time appointments).
Languages
English, French (conversational).
Memberships
Treasurer of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for 2018 and Bencher since 1992; Honorary Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge and Harris Manchester, Oxford; Patron of the London Branch of the CIArb and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators; member of JUSTICE; member of the Insolvency Lawyers Association.
Education
BA Hons. Cantab, Girton College, Cambridge 1967-1970
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
(Leading arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 1Dame Elizabeth Gloster
– One Essex Court ‘Dame Elizabeth is one of the top international arbitrators. Brilliant at handling a difficult case. Superb intellect. Top rate.’
One Essex Court ‘has an outstanding cohort of arbitrators, including senior retired judges and respected commercial litigators’, popular for heavyweight commercial disputes worldwide. Members regularly receive appointments as independent arbitrators in a wide range of domestic and international disputes, sitting as sole arbitrators or as part of a tribunal. Leading full time arbitrators include Dame Elizabeth Gloster, Christopher Style KC, Ian Glick KC, Peter Leaver KC, Lord Neuberger and Andrew Foyle.