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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King's Counsel and international commercial arbitrator. Has 40 years experience of international dispute resolution, including acting as counsel and as arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc references involving many systems of law and with seats in many of the centres of international arbitration. Practice includes disputes in many of the principal industry sectors, including banking and finance, energy and resources, construction and infrastructure, professional services, shipping and commodities, transport, hospitality and leisure, insurance, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, and technology and telecommunications. CEDR accredited mediator.
Career
Qualified 2012, Lincoln’s Inn; Silk, 2006. Between 1977 and 2012 practised at an international law firm. Qualified as a solicitor in 1979, acquired higher courts advocacy rights in 1997. Appointed silk in 2006. Called to the Bar to develop practice as arbitrator in international commercial arbitration.
Memberships
Chairman of the Board of the LCIA; Member of LCIA Court; UK Representative on ICC Commission on Arbitration; Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Education
Trinty Hall, Cambridge (MA Law, 1976).
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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.'