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Robert Gaitskell QC

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To contact or appoint Robert Gaitskell QC, call CEDR on +44 (0)207 536 6060 or email adr@cedr.com

(Non-Neutral work in Italics)

Commercial Contracts: A four handed mediation regarding the sale of an allegedly defective lorry loader crane.

Construction & Engineering

  • Cement works construction project in South Africa.
  • Acted as arbitrator on a number of disputes related to commercial building projects in Dubai under DIAC rules.
  • Acting as Sole Member for a DB procedure concerning a defence installation project.
  • Acting as Dispute Board Chairman in respect of two major (£0.5 billion each) construction projects involving the British MOD. Both projects extend well into the future.
  • Acting as counsel on a dispute related defects in design, construction and operation of a food manufacturing plant.
  • Dispute between an employer and a firm of a professional engineers regarding the design.

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Mediator of a number of Oil extraction operations disputes in Saudi Arabia.
  • Middle-East petro-chemical production project, involving multi-national parties.
  • Indonesian oil production project.
  • Claims related to the operation of a North Sea oil rig.
  • Arbitrator of dispute in Yemen related to oil and gas exploration and extraction.
  • Expert Determinator of contractual claims over a power station turnkey contract in Oman.
  • Dispute review Board member for a Caribbean oil exploration, extraction and production project.
  • Chairman of the European ITER nuclear fusion project Dispute Board.

ICT: Information Communication & Technology

  • Arbitrator of two disputes related to underwater fibre optic cables in the Persian Gulf.
  • Acting as Dispute Review Board Chairman in respect of a World Bank funded telecommunications project in India.

Infrastructure

  • Dispute related to the collapse of a rail tunnel during construction causing major damage to property and loss of earnings to affected business. Multiple stakeholders from the construction industry and business with 100 participants.
  • Acting as arbitrator of a Dubai road system dispute under Dubai Road Traffic Authority Rules. (UAE laws).
  • Acted as a Dispute Board member under ROC conciliation rules regarding a High Speed Rail link project in Taiwan.
  • Chairman of ICC arbitration tribunal concerning Ukrainian infrastructure project and a US military facility.

Intellectual Property

  • U.S. intellectual property dispute, involving multinational parties and copyright issues.
  • Australian technical product franchisee dispute with U.S. manufacturer related to commercial and patent issues.
  • Patent claim by Swiss inventor against major UK company in the nuclear reprocessing industry, involving state-of-the-art research.

Professional Negligence

  • Ministry of Defence claim against professional engineers responsible for a security establishment, involving important national installation.
  • Dispute between 'Employer / Main Contractor' and firm of professional consulting engineers regarding design of an extension to port facilities.

Property: Dispute related to a mixed use commercial property development in Hong Kong SAR.

Shipping: Defects in custom made, high-tech sea-going vessel, involving complex legal issues.

Utilities: Bangkok water and sewage infrastructure project, involving multi-million pound claims and three parties.

 

Updated: August 2017

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Calendar

3 May 2018 Mediator Professional Development: Negotiation Skills for Mediators

7 May 2018 Investor State Mediator Training - Paris

16 May 2018 Advanced Negotiation Skills - Module 1 - London

31 May 2018 2018 CPR European Congress on Business Dispute Management

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29 Mar 2018 The CEDR Mediation Audit 2018 (news)

26 Mar 2018 Cardiff University win 2018 CEDR National Student Negotiation Competition for England and Wales (news)

22 Mar 2018 BBC and Personal Service Companies (news)

30 Jan 2018 Mediating the Organisational Maze (article)

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