Arbitration is a method of resolving disputes by an independent person (the arbitrator) deciding who is right and who is wrong and determining the rights and obligations of the disputants according to law. This is the traditional process of the law courts. Similar results may be achieved, often less expensively and more speedily, by private arbitration.
Alan is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb.) and a Chartered Arbitrator. He has had experience arbitrating under the NSW Commercial Arbitration Act 1984, and under the Rules for the Conduct of Commercial Arbitrations of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia.
Apart from his years as a litigation lawyer, Alan has experience in merits review of administrative decisions as a Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and has resolved over 285 domain name disputes. He has also determined numerous complaints about advertisements for therapeutic goods in his capacity of Chairman of the Complaints Resolution Panel established under the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods Regulations and as Chairman of the Complaints Panel of the Australian Self-Medication Industry.