International
In June 2022, Dominic completed a three-month secondment to the world’s largest publicly-traded property and casualty insurer. He specialised in autonomous sanctions surrounding marine and aviation insurance. Dominic advised in relation to ultra-high net worth clients, multinational companies and restricted goods.
He has completed short courses with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on diverse topics, including public international law, the law of the sea and the changing character of warfare (hot and hybrid) in Ukraine.
Dominic accepts instructions where there are issues of jurisdiction, public and private international law. Dominic also accepts devilling instructions from Silks and senior juniors on larger and more complex cases, including offshore arbitrations.
His recent articles include:
In November 2019, Dominic presented a seminar with Dr Natalia Perova to selected professional clients, entitled: ‘Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Clauses in International Commercial Contracts’. His topics included three Regulations of the European Union (Rome I, Rome II and Recast Brussels), the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and what can be expected after Brexit.
In September 2019, Dominic published an article in Counsel Magazine, entitled: ‘The CICC and the rule of law: Fair, transparent and convenient? What you need to know about China’s new International Commercial Court’. He has a particular interest in the regulation of novel technologies, including small, unmanned aircraft, on which he has written a leading article: ‘Drones, Airprox and the Regulatory Environment: Cause for Concern?’
Dominic is a member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Recent instructions
- Devilling for a Silk on procedure and prospects of successfully appealing an arbitration in a Caribbean country where the costs on each side were in the region of $10 US million (July 2021).
- Devilling for a Silk (draft list of issues, draft opening and draft closing submissions) in an international commercial arbitration under the CIArb Arbitration Rules (Bermuda) 2019, claiming damages of over US $17 million for breach of contract (September-November 2020).
- Advised a film production company on whether an Independent Film & Television Alliance arbitration clause was valid in a claim for around £25,000 (May 2018).