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Neil Kaplan CBE,QC Born 1942 St Paul’s School, London 1956-1961 King’s College, London University (Law) 1961–1964 Bachelor of Laws degree, 1964 1965- • Called to the Bar of England and Wales 1965–1980 • Practised at the London Bar from Chambers at 1 Garden Court, Temple 1979– • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1980–1982 • Deputy Principal Crown Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers, Hong Kong with special responsibility for civil litigation 1982 • Queen’s Counsel for Hong Kong 1982–1983 • Principal Crown Counsel (Deputy Law Officer on Civil Side — Acting Solicitor-General and Crown Solicitor on occasions) 1983 • Left Attorney’s General’s Chambers and returned to private practice at the Hong Kong Bar. Head of Des Voeux Chambers. 1983– • Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in the State of Victoria, Australia 1984- • Justice of the Peace for Hong Kong 1984–1987 • Chairman of the Hong Kong Branch, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1986– • Admitted to New York Bar 1988–1989 • Chairman of the Hong Kong Branch, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1990–1994 • High Court Judge for Hong Kong (Judge in Charge of Construction and Arbitration List, Member of Judicial Studies Board, Chairman of the committee to examine court annexed mediation and related topics) 1990–2004 • Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre 1991– • Bencher of the Inner Temple 1992–1999 • Overseas Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1995–2000 • Chairman of the Disputes Review Board for Hong Kong’s new airport at Chek Lap Kok 1995–1997 • Visiting Professor to Faculty of Law, City University of Hong Kong 1995– • Member of the Council of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) 1997- • Chairman of the Release under Supervision Board of Hong Kong 1999- 2004 • Chairman of the WTO Review Panel for Hong Kong 1999– • Chartered Arbitrator 1999–2000 • President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2000 • Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Telecommunications Appeal Tribunal 2001 • Awarded CBE for services to international arbitration PUBLICATIONS 1985 Co-author of chapter on Hong Kong Arbitration for Year Book of International Commercial Arbitration 1986–1991 Articles in Journal of International Arbitration, Arbitration, American Journal of International Arbitration 1991 Kaplan, Spruce & Cheng’s Hong Kong Arbitration — Cases and Materials, Butterworths 1993 Completed text of new ICCA chapter on Hong Kong’s New Arbitration Law 1994 Kaplan, Spruce & Moser’s Arbitration in Hong Kong and China, Butterworths 1995 Author of article for the American Bar Association’s International Committee’s Newsletter Author of article for the Swiss Arbitration Association’s Journal 2002 Co-author of Model Law Decisions – Cases applying the UNCITRAL Model Law, Kluwer, 2002 2004 General Editor - Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide – Thomson – Sweet & Maxwell 2004 Advisory Editor Arbitration in China – A Practical Guide – Thomson –Sweet & Maxwell 1995-2004 Author of numerous articles on arbitration and speaker at various conferences and seminars worldwide. In addition to being a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, I am also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators and a panellist at many arbitration centres including China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission (CIETAC). I am a member of the LCIA and have conducted LCIA arbitrations. I have conducted many Arbitrations under Civil Law in a wide range of commercial disputes. In addition to conducting arbitrations in England and Hong Kong, I have also conducted arbitrations in USA, Australia, France, Switzerland, Malaysia, Korea, Laos, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Dubai and China. Since January 1995 I have been in full time practice as an arbitrator.