B Malone

Brandon James Malone

Year of Call: 2022

Qualifications

LL.B University of Aberdeen

Dip. LP University of Aberdeen

LL.M (Construction Law)(with Distinction) University of Strathclyde

FCIArb

Barrister at Law (Inner Temple)

Special interests

Alternative dispute resolution

Construction

Company and commercial

Energy

Biography

Brandon called to the Bar in 2022 following thirty years’ experience as a commercial litigation solicitor, twenty of those years as a solicitor advocate.

Brandon is also Barrister authorised to practice in England and Wales, and has rights of audience before the DIFC Court, Dubai, UAE.

As a solicitor, Brandon specialised in construction and engineering law and international arbitration.  He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and an eminent Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Brandon has a particular interest in alternative dispute resolution.  He regularly sits as an arbitrator, adjudicator and expert determiner.  He is a FIDIC Certified Adjudicator (dispute board member) and a mediator registered with RICS, IMI and CMC.

He has appeared in numerous substantive hearings in the Sheriff Court, the Outer and Inner House, and before a variety of tribunals.

Brandon also has significant experience of energy and technology disputes.

Publications

Keeping Disputes Cybersecure in the Virtual Age, Dispute Resolution Magazine, American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section · Apr 1, 2022

Online Dispute Resolution - Theory and Practice 2nd Edition (Chapter on Smart Contracts and Blockchain), Boomjuridisch 2021

Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration (Scotland Chapter) ICCA Projects, 2021

“National Report Scotland” International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration, 2019 (Kluwer Law International)

Appointments

Chairman, Scottish Arbitration Centre, 2011 to 2022

Lord President’s Member, Scottish Civil Justice Council, 2016 to 2022

ICC Arbitration and ADR Committee Member

Honorary Lecturer in Arbitration Law, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee

Visiting Lecturer on the LLM in Construction Law course, University of Strathclyde

Chair, ICCA – New York City Bar – CPR Institute Working Group on Cybersecurity in International Arbitration