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Dame Elizabeth Gloster

Dame Elizabeth Gloster

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Noted for its ability to ‘furnish experienced arbitrators’, One Essex Court contains part- and full-time arbitrators capable of sitting in a wide variety of international arbitrations, including those with a foreign seat. The set also maintains a dedicated team of arbitration clerks, separate from its clerking team for counsel instructions, to ensure a confidential service. Ian Glick KC sits as arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations across the spectrum of commercial disputes, including those concerning civil fraud, competition, insurance, TMT and procurement. A former Court of Appeal judge, Dame Elizabeth Gloster brings her experience to oil & gas, LNG, insurance, banking, shipping and construction arbitrations. Further notable arbitrators include Christopher Style KC, Lord Neuberger and Peter Leaver KC.
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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

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  • 'Probably the best commercial set.'
  • 'One Essex Court is one of the leading chambers in international arbitration.'
  • 'One Essex contains a number of prominent arbitrators.'
  • 'The list of full-time arbitrators at One Essex Court is an impressive one, and taken together with those members of Chambers who act as arbitrators part-time, means that One Essex Court is able to furnish experienced arbitrators for most, if not all, types of commercial dispute.'
  • 'Angela Hodgson is superb at what she does.'