Michael CHAPMAN

Status

Independent, in private consultancy practice.

Nationality: British.

based 60 kilometres south-west of Geneva.

Current positions held

Editor of EUROPEAN ARBITRATION.

Gérant of the publishers interarb.

Maintainer of the WWW Virtual Library project's Arbitration site (including its ARBITRATION DATABASE and its ARBITRATION DIARY).

Areas of interest

General Commerce, Electronic Commerce, Intellectual Property, Drugs, Environment, Food safety, Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer disputes, Arbitral law reform, Arbitration history.

Panel Memberships

European Network for Dispute Resolution (ENDR/REAM), Expert près le comité national francais de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO/OMPI).

Former member of UK domestic panels (British Academy of Experts "Qualified Dispute Resolver" (Registered Mediator), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: main panel ("Fellow").).

Publications

see below

Experience

Acted as an arbitrator since 1994.

Taught and examined mediation and arbitration during the same period; Chaired numerous conference sessions: Throughout Europe as well as in Africa.

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Publications

Judicial immunity of arbitrators (letter). Arbitration News and Views, 19, 12-13 (1992).
Dispute clauses -the use of arbitration. European Pharma Law Journal, 25, 9-10 (1994).
Arbitrators' Immunity. Arbitration News and Views, 25, 25 (1994)..
Legal professional privilege v. Professional lawyers' privileges (letter). Arbitration News and Views, 25, 25-26 (1994).
The Expert in France.
The Expert in France. (1995) 61, JCIArb. 4, 264-268.
More non-cooperating parties. (1996) 62, JCIArb. 3, 216-219.
Appeals against Arbitral Awards. Arbitration News and Views, 31, 10-12 (1996).
Commercial and Consumer Arbitration Statutes and Rules. London, Blackstone Press, 1997. xviii+783 pp. ISBN 1 85431 587 0
Is the French Civil Expert a Decider? (1997) 63, JCIArb. 2, 138-144.
To whom does the expert owe a duty? chapter in Cato (ed.) The Expert in Litigation and Arbitration. London, LLP, 1999, ISBN 1 85978 662 6. pp. 43-49.
The expert in France -Witness or decider? chapter in Cato (ed.) The Expert in Litigation and Arbitration. London, LLP, 1999, ISBN 1 85978 662 6. pp. 178-184.
Index to 'CLOUT' case abstracts which relate to Model Arbitration Law (MAL) cases, by reference to which articles of the MAL the cases refer to. Interarb, 1999 (published electronically), known colloquially as The Searchable CLOUT.