Dr Al Jarratt

Dr Al Jarratt Chartered Engineer, Chartered Manager, Intl Mediator & Intl Arbitrator BSc MSc PhD Chartered Eur Ing CEng CMgr FICE FCIHT FCMI FCIArb CMC Fellow MAE MEWI QDR Dr Jarratt is a highly experienced commercial mediator, arbitrator, expert determiner, adjudicator and expert witness in the UK and internationally. He has over thirty years’ experience in these specialisms with more than 100 appointments as arbitrator, more than 100 expert appointments and more than 1100 appointments as mediator. He has eighteen accreditations and has written published work, given numerous talks and led workshops on dispute resolution. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Manager, Fellow of five professional institutions including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Member of two others including the Academy of Experts. He is on the major UK mediation panels such as the Barrister Group and many internationally such as the International Mediation Institute as a Certified Mediator and an Accredited Mentor. He is an accredited Mediator, Arbitrator and Expert of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court and a WIPO registered arbitrator and mediator. He has arbitrated and mediated over 1200 UK and international disputes since 1993 with a mediation success rate of 93%. Arbitrations and mediations range from civil and structural engineering, architectural, intellectual property and project management to education, financial responsibilities and asset sharing and inheritance. Other disputes include wine production, agriculture, health, maritime, insurance, retail, finance, personal injury, employment, estate management, misrepresentation, professional negligence, transport, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT and renewable energy. Dr Jarratt’s arbitration appointments include sole arbitrator, tribunal member and presiding arbitrator. Arbitral seats include London and Dubai under their applicable governing laws. He has also advised project financiers, clients, employers, consultants and contractors under the NEC, FIDIC and various JCT and other types of contract. He has regularly invited LLM students, university lecturers and legal professionals to join his arbitration hearings and mediations as observers and supported them throughout the process. He has written papers on ADR. He was invited to be on the Working Group for the European Union Intellectual Property Office. He is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s panels of arbitrators and mediators. He is a past member of the Editorial Advisory Panel of Management, Procurement & Law journal, and also on the CMI eastern board and past four-year chairman of the CIArb East Anglia branch. He has also refereed and reviewed books on arbitration and FIDIC and other forms of contract. Dr Jarratt is a Professional Reviewer, Professional Assessor, Peer Interviewer, Tutor, Examiner and Moderator for the CIArb and three other professional institutions. He regularly chairs and speaks at professional events including the CIArb and was a past speaker for the IStructE and the ICE. He has run ADR workshops at a past ICE's flagship Annual ADR Day. He was also a speaker launching ADR on the IStructE’s 75th anniversary alongside its President and two Past Presidents.