As counsel appeared in numerous arbitrations and also acted as arbitrator regularly 
Recent decisions: 
- Pacific Inter-Link SDN BHD v EFKO Food Ingredients Ltd (2011) 
- Nurdin Jivraj v Sadruddin Hashwani : Sadruddin Hashwani v Nurdin Jivraj (2009) 
- Sanhe Hope Full Grain Oil Foods Production Co Ltd v Toepfer International Asia PTE Ltd (2007) 
- Kazakhstan v Istil Group Inc (2006) 

Judicial Career:
- Judge of the Commercial and Admiralty Courts London 1998-2011 
- Judge in charge of the Commercial and Admiralty Courts 2004-2006 
- Chairman of European Commercial Judges Forum 2009-2011 
- Associate judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre 2011 
- Lloyd’s Salvage Appeal Arbitrator 2011 

Career at English Bar: 
- Called to the Bar 1966 
- Commercial law practitioner 1968-1998 
- Head of chambers at 2/4 Essex Court 1995-1998 
- Junior counsel to the Treasury 1978-1981
- Bencher of Inner Temple 1995 
- Also appeared in courts of Singapore, Hong Kong, Gibraltar and US. 

Other Experience: 
- Associate of Coudert Brothers New York – 1967 to 1968 
- Presiding Judge of the Western Circuit – 2004 to 2006 
- Member of panel of Lloyd’s Arbitrators – 1990 to 1998 
- Commissioner for Wrecks – 1990 to 1998 
- Conducted Judicial Training in Thailand, Kazakhstan, Abu Dhabi and Dubai 
- Member of the Advisory Committee on Legal Education 1995 to 1998

Publications:
- Temperley on Merchant Shipping Acts
- Kennedy on SalvageBack