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Peter Scott Caldwell

Address: 

Caldwell Ltd, 16th Floor

Hong Kong Club Building,

3A Chater Road, Central

Hong Kong

Phone Number: 
+852 2337 7874
Fax Number: 
+852 2869 4290
Email: 
psc@pscaldwell.com
Born: 
1945, United Kingdom
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
BSc (University of Strathclyde) 1967
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Chartered Engineer / MICE (UK) 1972, MHKIE 1983
FlCE (UK) 1990, FHKIE 1990
Chartered Arbitrator, FCIArb 1992, FSIArb 1994
FHKIoD 1999, Accredited Mediator HKIAC, 1999
Member, IBA, Member, IPBA
Present Position: 
Independent Arbitrator and Mediator; set up practice as a mediator and arbitrator in 1998.
Professional Experience: 

Lived in Hong Kong since 1974; Extensive local and regional business and industry experience; 1990 to 1998–Secretary-General of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) responsible for administration of mediation and arbitration in construction, shipping, finance, commodity and general trade disputes; Chairman Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Hong Kong Branch 1992-1994; Member of Council CIArb, London 2001-2002; Member of the International Bar Association Working Party which drafted the 1999 IBA Rules for the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration; Council Member, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre 1990 to 2018; Member, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation; Member Legal Committee, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; Chairman, Society of Construction Law Hong Kong 2008-2009; Member of the Society of Construction Arbitrators.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

HKIAC panels of arbitrators and accredited general mediators; AAA International Panel; APRAG Panel of Arbitrators.

Arbitration Experience: 

Appointed regularly as mediator, conciliator, adjudicator, dispute board member and arbitrator in Hong Kong, China and in other countries in Asia since 1985 relating to disputes between parties from Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. Arbitrations have included disputes relating to civil engineering works; building construction; electrical & mechanical installations;

dredging; the commodity trade (iron ore/steel/coal/cotton yarn/soya bean meal); loan agreements; distribution agreements, guarantees, joint ventures, aviation; shipping; and international trade.

Parties have been from various parts of Asia including, Dubai, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand as well as parties from North America, Europe and Australasia. Appointed as chair of a tribunal of three arbitrators and as sole arbitrator by the ICC. Appointed by CIETAC on several occasions.

Parties have been from various parts of Asia including, Dubai, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand as well as parties from North America, Europe and Australasia. Appointed as chair of a tribunal of three arbitrators and as sole arbitrator by the ICC. Appointed by CIETAC on several occasions.

Areas of Specialization: 
Construction Contracts
International Contracts
Publications from JURIS: 
Do Arbitration Rules Give the Tribunals Too Much Freedom to Conduct International Arbitration As They Think Fit? - Chapter 7 - Between East and West: Essays in Honour of Ulf Franke
Hong Kong - Chapter III.3 - Practitioner's Handbook On International Arbitration And Mediation- 3rd Edition
Publications: 

Author of papers and commentaries in various international and regional journals on mediation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution; author of chapter on Hong Kong in Practitioner’s Handbook on International Arbitration and Mediation Third Edition (Juris Publishing, Inc.) 2012.