Richard Field

Place of birth: British Nationality: British Appointed since 2015 QUALIFICATIONS University education at Bristol University (LL.B) and at the London School of Economics (LL.M) Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1977 Barrister at 11 King’s Bench Walk, London and One Essex Court, London practising principally in commercial law including banking derivatives, insurance, international sales, competition law and auditors’ negligence, 1977-2001 Appointed Queen’s Counsel,1987 BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE Deputy Judge, High Court of England and Wales, 1998 – 2002; Judge, High Court of England and Wales (sitting in the Commercial Court), 2002-2014; Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, 2014; Presiding Judge, Western Circuit, 2008 – 2012; Justice of the DIFC Court (Dubai), April 2015; Deputy Judge, Hong Kong High Court, April 2015; Bencher, Honour Society of the Inner Temple; Associate Professor, University of British Columbia and Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, 1969 – 1971 and 1973 – 1977; Lecturer in law, Hong Kong University, 1971 – 1973; Tung Yu Cheng Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University, 2014 – 2015; Arbitrator, International Commercial Arbitration in London, Hong Kong and Singapore; Appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal, Cayman Islands, 2015