Michael Howard Q.C.

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Qualified: 
Arbitrator
Mediator
Specialist Areas: 
Aviation and shipping
Commercial
Insurance
International
Education: 
Oxford, Magdalen College

Judicial History: 
Michael Howard was appointed Assistant Recorder in 1989 and Recorder in 1993.

General Information: 
Michael Howard sits regularly as an arbitrator. He sits as an I.C.C. arbitrator and an L.C.I.A. arbitrator; he is a member of the standing Panel of Salvage Arbitrators appointed by the Council of Lloyd's; and in addition has received many appointments (since 1983) by parties, arbitrators or arbitral bodies as arbitrator, either sole or as one of a panel (in the latter case often, but not invariably, as umpire or chairman of arbitral tribunal).

Michael Howard has been in practice at the Bar since 1972, in Queen Elizabeth Building until 1989, and from 1989 onwards at 4 Essex Court. He advises and acts as advocate in commercial and shipping litigation.

He has been Leader of the Admiralty since 2000.

Scope of practice

The subject-matter of the cases in which he has acted as arbitrator reflects the range of subject-matter covered by Mr Howard's advocacy practice: appointments have included disputes concerning (among others):-
 

(i) agency agreements;

(ii)construction of contracts;

(iii)commercial contracts;

(iv)environmental issues;

(v)insurance and re-insurance;

(vi)international trade;

(vii)marine casualties;

(viii)maritime contracts (all kinds)

(ix)property damage;

(x)sale contracts;

(xi)supply and distributorship agreements;

(xii)technical disputes (for example ship construction, quantification of damages.

Publications & Articles

Phipson on Evidence 12th Ed, 1976 (joint editor); 13th Ed 1983 (joint editor); 14th Ed 1990 (general editor); 15th Ed (2000) (general editor).

Frustration and Force Majeure (Ed McKendrick) (1st Ed 1991, 2nd Ed 1995) (contributor of chapter Frustration and Shipping Law )

Consensus ad idem: Essays for Guenter Treitel (1996, Ed Rose) (contributor of chapter Foreign Currency Judgments in Contractual Claims )

Halsbury's Laws of England (5th Ed, 1998) contributor to Title, Damages (with J.A. Knott)

Refreshment of Memory Out of Court [1972] Crim.L.R.351

Valuation in Salvage Cases: Damage, Damages and Remoteness (1975) 91 L.Q.R. 502

The Neutral Expert: a Plausible Threat to Justice [1991] Crim.L.R.98

Floating Choice of Law Clauses [1995] L.M.C.L.Q. 1