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MR JOHN TACKABERRY John Tackaberry
QC MA LLB FCIArb FFB
Arbitrator Member
Address 39 Essex Street
London WC2R 3AT
United Kingdom
Telephone +44 (020) 7832 1111
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Date of birth 13 November, 1939  
Nationality Irish  
Languages spoken  
Profession Barrister  
Areas of expertise Adjudication, Advice, Advocacy, Arbitration, DRB work, Mediation. Building and Civil Engineering Litigation both in the UK and internationally. Established Arb Chambers in 1989 and has been involved in over 300 cases since then.  
Appointments/sole 700+  
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Appointments/Chairman  
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After oral hearings  
Other information Recent work has involved a major gas storage and pumping station in Poland, an LPG plant in Malaysia, underground storage of LPG in Australia, a dispute about a catcracker (refinery equipment) in Australia, a mining collapse dispute, a share dealing dispute in HK, an undersea cable dispute (North Sea), a barge mounted generating plant in Bangladesh, a shipping dispute in India, a commission dispute arising out of Westland v Saudi Arabia (a major case in the 90s), a follow on dispute to the CME television rights dispute, an industrial boiler and water treatment installation plant in England; a major building dispute in HK; an aircraft servicing dispute in Africa - involving serious corruption issues - a gypsum plant in Jordan; a steel mill in Egypt. A very recent case concerned the conversion of a vessel into the world’s largest dynamically positioned pipelaying facility. Senior Principal Editor of the Handbook of Arbitration Practice (Bernstein) 4th Edition. Former UNCC Commissioner Member of ADR Chambers. President of Society of Construction Arbitrators.