Commercial Litigation Forum 2010 - Speakers

Chairman

Lord Grabiner QC, One Essex Court
Lord Grabiner is a commercial lawyer with a substantial court and advisory practice. For over 40 years he has been involved in much of the highest profile commercial litigation that has been fought in London. Specialising in banking & finance, oil & gas, civil fraud and company disputes, Lord Grabiner is highly experienced both as an advocate in the High Court and also an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations. He sits as a deputy High Court judge and is the non-executive chairman of Arcadia.

Keynote speaker

The Right Honourable Lord Woolf of Barnes
Lord Woolf of Barnes joined Blackstone Chambers to practice as a mediator and arbitrator in October 2005. Lord Woolf was appointed to the High Court bench in 1979 and became Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1992. Between 1996 and 200 he held the position of Master of the Rolls before being appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales a position from which he retired in September 2005. In 2003, Lord Woolf was appointed a non permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, acting as the overseas judge in that Court. He is also president of the Civil and Commercial Court for Qatar. He was named in The Times Law 100 2009 listing the most influential lawyers in Britain. Lord Woolf of Barnes “may have retired as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in 2005 but he has not slowed down”.

Lord Woolf has had a very long standing interest in alternative dispute resolution and mediation. His report, Access to Justice, 1996 (“The Woolf Report”) was generally acknowledged to have been a catalyst for the development of ADR in England. Lord Woolf is a chartered arbitrator and is also Special Adviser to CEDR and chair of its International Conflict Management Advisory Group, launched in 2005. Lord Woolf has also joined the panel of CEDR’s most senior dispute resolution experts.

Speakers

Trevor Cook, partner, Bird & Bird
Simon Davis, head of commercial litigation, Clifford Chance
Robert Dougans, associate, Bryan Cave
Susan Dunn, Harbour Litigation Funding
Nick Evans, senior project manager/consultant, Trilantic
Helen Garlick, ex SFO and current door tenant, 18 Red Lion Court
Tim Gerrard, chief executive, Quadrant Chambers
David Allen Green, of counsel, Preiskel & Co
Charles Haddon-Cave QC, Quadrant Chambers
John Heaps, head of international litigation, Eversheds
Nicholas Heaton, partner, Hogan Lovells
Des Hudson, chief executive, The Law Society
Ali Malek QC, 3 Verulam Buildings
Anthony Maton, partner, Hausfeld & Co
William McCormick QC, Ely Place
Hilton Mervis, partner, SJ Berwin
Vince Neicho, litigation support manager, Allen & Overy
Gerallt Owen, head of international regulatory & corporate crime, Crowell & Moring
Colin Passmore, head of litigation, Simmons & Simmons
Jonathan Peddie, director of litigation and special investigations, global retail and commercial banking, Barclays Bank
Fergus Randolph QC, Brick Court Chambers
Professor Dominic Regan, Civil Justice Council Costs Committee
Murray Rosen QC, Herbert Smith
Michael Rowe, partner, Slaughter and May
John Smart, head of fraud investigation and dispute services, Ernst & Young
Luke Tolaini, partner, Clifford Chance
Sonia Tolaney, 3 Verulam Buildings
Richard Vary, director of European litigation, Nokia
Nathan Willmott, partner, head of corporate & commercial disputes, Berwin Leighton Paisner
Richard Willoughby, partner, Rouse Legal
Alex Woolfall, head of issues and crisis management, Bell Pottinger