The complexity of Commercial and International Arbitration

Join us for this great talk by the Hon. Mr Robin Knowles CBE. Accountable to an international Steering Group, Sir Robin is the judge with day-to-day responsibility for the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC), the global forum of the world’s commercial courts. 

Hon. Justice Jawad Hassan, a judge of the Lahore High Court (Pakistan), will join us online and introduce Justice Robin Knowles and SIFoCC briefly at the beginning of the event.

A short CV of the speaker, The Hon. Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE

A High Court Judge in England & Wales, Sir Robin sits principally in the Commercial Court but also deals with public law and criminal law cases. He is a designated judge of the Financial List. Sir Robin was Chairman of the International Committee of the Judicial College, and a member of the Civil Justice Council. He remains a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee and its governing board.
Before appointment to the High Court Bench, as Queen’s Counsel Sir Robin sat part-time as a judge and a mediator and an arbitrator. He was Chairman of the Commercial Bar Association.

Sir Robin has a career-long involvement in the encouragement and coordination of legal pro bono work, nationally and internationally, and chairs the board of the National Pro Bono Centre.

With others, Sir Robin led work to achieve the Rolls Building in London, the world’s largest dedicated business dispute resolution centre. He also assisted Qatar in establishing its International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre.

Outside the law, Sir Robin was chairman of the UK umbrella charity for children’s palliative care and children’s hospices, and of London’s first children’s hospice.

Please try to read the following judgment from The Hon. Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE before the event. 

This event is hybrid and will take place in person in Durham and online via Teams.

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