PROFILE

 

James Bridgeman, Barrister at Law, FCIArb, Chartered Arbitrator, is a practicing barrister, arbitrator and mediator. Called to the Bar of Ireland in 1989 and to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple 2010).

He is in general practice as a barrister in the courts of Ireland and a member of Lamb Chambers (London) with a special interest in arbitration, ADR, commercial law and intellectual property disputes.

He has acted as arbitrator and tribunal member, as chair and sole panelist in over 200 arbitrations, tribunals and administrative proceedings. He has been invited to join the panels of arbitrators and neutrals of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, National Arbitration Forum (USA), the Czech Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (domain name panels) and Nominet UK. He has acted as mediator in a number of disputes by appointment of parties and by appointment of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Geneva).

He practices as advocate and advisor for parties engaged in arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution in Ireland, the United Kingdom and other European jurisdictions.

He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin where he read History and Political Science. He subsequently read Law at the Kings Inns, Dublin. Before commencing practice as a barrister he qualified as a Registered Trademarks Agent. He has a Diploma in Arbitration Law (DIT 1990), a Diploma in International Arbitration Law (DIT, 1991), a Diploma in European Law (UCD 1994) and a Diploma in Construction Law and Contract Management (TCD 2004).

He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and served for a number of years as a member of the ICC National Committee for Ireland. He is a member of the ICC Task Force on the New York Convention 1958, formerly a member of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration of Competition Law, sometime member of the ICC Working Group on the Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes. In 2010 he was appointed by DG Justice of the EU Commission as a member of the Expert Group on the revision of the Brussels 1 Regulation and Arbitration.

A former Chairman of the Irish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He served for 10 years up to 2007 as a member of the Committee of the Irish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and was re-elected in April 2008 to the committee. He is a founder member of the CIArb IP&ICT interest group and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators.

He was Vice-Chairman of the Mediators Institute of Ireland. He is the convenor of the Dublin Forum on Arbitration and Competition and the convenor of the Dublin University Construction Law Alumni Association. He was a member of the Private Residential Tenancies Board 2004-2007 and continues to serve as a member of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Private Residential Tenancies Board.

He is a lecturer in Law at ITT Dublin, an associate lecturer in the Diploma in Construction Law and Contract Administration Trinity College Dublin, and a regular guest lecturer in the Diploma in Arbitration Law, University College Dublin and the Post-Graduate Diploma in Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies, Trinity College Dublin. He is a member of the International Arbitration Committee of the Irish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly participates in mediation and arbitration training and assessment courses for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Ireland and the United Kingdom as course director, tutor and moderator. He has directed training courses for ADREUROPE and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, Prague, Dublin and iIstanbul.

 Contact

  • The Law Library, The Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7, Ireland
  • Lamb Chambers,  Lamb Building, Temple, London EC4Y 7AS, United Kingdom
  • email HERE

 

Recent Publications

Arbitration or the Commercial Court? End Game Resolution of Intellectual Property Disputes in Ireland. ARBITRATION Vol 76. No. 4 November 2010 pp.626

The Arbitrability of Competition Law Disputes [2008] 19 European Business Law Review pp. 147-174.

 The .ie chapter in Domain Name Law and Practice. (Torsten Bettinger ed. Oxford University Press 2005)

 

Articles

Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes - The Arbitrability Question. (Irish Law Times May 1993);
The Video Recordings Act 1989 - Blue Movies, Red Tape, White Noise. (The Commercial Law Practitioner November 1995);

Registrability of Trade Marks and Service Marks in Ireland - The Trade Marks Bill 1995. (The Commercial Law Practitioner. March 1996);

International Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes: Patent Agents, Registered Trade Mark Agents and the Arbitration (Commercial International) Act, 1998. (Irish Intellectual Property Review. September 1998);

Moral Rights and the Copyright Bill 1999. (Irish Business Law).

 

 Reports

Contributor to Final Report on Intellectual Property Disputes and Arbitration (The ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin Vol 9/ No 1 - May 1998) and contributor to the forthcoming Report of the ICC Task Force on the New York Convention 1958.

 

Conference Presentations

Fifth Dublin Forum on Arbitration and Competition. Dublin June 2011. Convenor

ADR and the Irish Courts. CIArb Irish Branch Conference on Debt Mediation. May 2011

Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration under the UNCITRAL Model Law and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, ADREUROPE in association with the Irish Branch of the CIArb. Dublin, May 2011

Arbitration and the Revision of the Brussels 1 Judgment Regulation. Ordre des Avocats de Paris and CIArb Europan Branch Conference. Paris 2011.

New WIPO Rules on Film and Media Disputes. Dublin Forum on Arbitration of IP Disputes June, 2010.

Fourth Dublin Forum on Arbitration and Competition. Dublin June 2010. Convenor

Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration under the UNCITRAL Model Law and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, ADREUROPE. Prague 23 October 2009

Third Dublin Forum on Arbitration and Competition. Dublin June 2009. Convenor

Second Dublin Forum on Arbitration and Competition. Dublin June 2008. Convenor

International Arbitration of IP Disputes. London November 23, 2007.

Expert Determination and Arbitration of Shareholders Disputes CLT Shareholders Conference. Dublin. November 2007

The Future of Intellectual Property Disputes. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators International Conference,Dublin 4-5 November 2007 

First Dublin Forum on Arbitration and Competition. Dublin 15 June 2007.Convenor

Arbitration of Boundary Disputes. Society of Chartered Surveyors Dublin 17 May 2007

Arbitration of Competition Law Issues. Annual Conference Competition Dublin. September 2006.

The .EU Dispute Resolution Process. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Conference: Transatlantic Perspectives on ADR. London. July 2006.

Alternative Dispute Resolution - A Solution for Future IPR Conflicts? ECTA. 24th Annual Conference. 8-11 June 2005 London.

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Disputes. AIPPI Seminar Dublin December 2005.

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Disputes. CIPA/ITMA Seminar London November 2005.

 

Current Workgroups and Task Forces

ICC Task Force on Revision of ICC Rules

ICC Task Force on Arbitration involving State Entities

Member of the Expert Group appointed by EU Directorate General Justice to advise on revision of Brussels 1 Regulation and Arbitration