Since 1998, appointed as sole arbitrator (once as Chair of a 3-person panel) by parties in commercial disputes in New Zealand often involving large sums, resulting in some 73 awards. Appointed in numerous other arbitrations which were settled before or during an arbitral hearing. Appointed by the ICC Paris, in the following international arbitrations: Chair of a tribunal in Seattle, USA, involvingJapanese and Russian parties; Sole arbitrator in Manila involving Filipino and US parties; Chair of a tribunal in Wellington, New Zealand involving New Zealand and Fijian parties; Chair of a tribunal in Honolulu, USA, involving United States and Korean parties; Default appointee nominated by the ICC as a co-arbitrator involving Australian and Papua New Guinea parties; Chair of a tribunal in Manila, Philippines involving Filipino parties (still proceeding). Appointed (2006) by the ICC (as nominating authority) as Chair of an ad hoc arbitral tribunal in an Investment Treaty Dispute between a European investor and an Asian nation. Arbitrated various disputes, including: gas entitlements and contracts, construction disputes, rental disputes of all kinds and commercial and corporate disputes over a wide variety of topics. An arbitration in 2002 where my involvement became public knowledge, was a dispute between airlines and the airport authority over landing changes at Wellington International Airport.