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James J. Spigelman

Address: 

One Essex Court, Temple
London EC4Y 9AR
United Kingdom

Phone Number: 
+44 (0) 20 7583 2000
Fax Number: 
+44 (0 ) 20 7583 0118
Email: 
teamd@oeclaw.co.uk
Website: www.oeclaw.co.uk
Born: 
1946, Poland
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
Australian
Education: 
University of Sydney BA (Hons) 1966, LLB (Hons) 1970
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
1976, Barrister Sydney, 1986, QC
Present Position: 
Arbitrator, One Essex Court, London
Professional Experience: 

Chief Justice of New South Wales 1998-2011; 2013 - Non Permanent Judge Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal; Solicitor General of New South Wales 1997; Barrister, Australian jurisdictions 1980-1998; QC 1986-1998.

Professional Associations: 

NSW Bar Association, Australian Academy of Law

Panels of Arbitrators: 

LCIA, SIAC, KLRCA

Arbitration Experience: 

After his retirement as Chief Justice he joined One Essex Court as an arbitrator. He has since been appointed Chair of panels with seats in London (6x), Singapore (4X), Dubai, Sydney (2x), Perth and ICSID, as an umpire in a Singapore panel, as sole arbitrator determining a legal privilege issue on reference from a NAFTA Tribunal, as sole arbitrator in Singapore and in two, related, disputes in Sydney and as a party appointed arbitrator on five panels in London, five panels in Singapore, two panels at ICSID, two panels at the PCA and panels in Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Frankfurt.

Areas of Specialization: 
Civil & Commercial Law
International Commercial Transactions
Insurance
Banking & Finance
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

The author of six books, co-author of another and over 170 published articles, relevantly on a range of commercial and corporate law topics, including contractual interpretation, insurance, commercial arbitration, insolvency, international commercial litigation, freezing orders and proof of foreign law.