Nicholas Hamblen

Sir Nicholas Archibald Hamblen, styled "The Honourable Mr Justice Hamblen", is a Justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. He was previously a QC, specialising in commercial law.

Early life and education

He graduated from Oxford University in 1979, with the top first in law. He later became an Eldon scholar and he sits on the scholarship committee. He was awarded a Kennedy Scholarship to attend Harvard Law School. His degrees are MA (Oxon) and LLM (Harv).

Career

He was called to the bar in 1981, and took silk in 1997. As a Queens Counsel, his principal areas of practice have been shipping, insurance and reinsurance, international sale of goods, commodities, conflicts of laws and arbitration. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and before various arbitration tribunals. He has also acted as an arbitrator in maritime, insurance and international commercial matters; as well as in ICC, LCIA, LAS, LMAA and general commercial disputes.^[1]

He became an Assistant Recorder in 1999 and a Recorder in 2000. He was appointed to sit as a Justice in the High Court in 2008.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.20essexst.com/bar/q_hamblen_n/hamblen.htm
2. ^ http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17740

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