| Tómas Kennedy-Grant practises as a mediator, arbitrator, adjudicator and legal adviser. He has a law degree from Oxford University and is a member of the English and New Zealand Bars. He is a citizen of New Zealand and of the United Kingdom. Starting in 1964, he has 47 years' experience as a lawyer, in particular in the fields of civil and commercial law and construction law. He also has experience in the field of medical law. For 10 years (1992-2002) he was a Master of the High Court of New Zealand. He has had a long-time interest in arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. |
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Since 1988 he has had frequent appointments as arbitrator both internationally and within New Zealand (nearly 100 appointments since returning to practice in 2002). During his term as a judicial officer he conducted over 80 judicial settlement conferences, using mediation techniques. He has had over 50 appointments as a mediator since returning to practice.
Tómas became a Queen’s Counsel in 2005.
| New papers and publications | ||
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| - | National Report on New Zealand in ICCA International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration (March 2011) (published by Kluwer Law International) | |
| - | Expert Determination and the Enforceability of ADR Generally, a paper presented at the joint AMINZ/IAMA Conference (August 2010)(see Recent Papers page) | |
| - | The beginning, the middle and the end, a paper on the Construction Contracts Act 2002 presented to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law New Zealand (July 2010)(see Recent Papers page) | |
Last Updated April 2011
