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Miss Janet Bignell K.C.

Property KC, Arbitrator, Mediator, Independent Expert, Part-Time Judge and Author of Leading Practitioner Textbooks such as Megarry & Wade.
Job title: Barrister
Country: United Kingdom
Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: London
Disciplines: Other dispute resolution, Arbitration, Mediation

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King's Counsel with 32 years' professional experience specialising in all aspects of real estate / property and landlord and tenant law against a wider Chancery background.
Substantial arbitration experience dating back 30 years. Including appointments as Arbitrator (and Independent Expert) by the President of the Law Society and Chair of the Bar. FCI Arb (2015).
Qualified Mediator (2016, ADR Group Civil & Commercial).
Authorised to sit as a Deputy (part-time) High Court Judge in Chancery, KB and London Circuit Commercial Courts (since 2020). Appointed as a Recorder in the Crown Court and County Court (since 2009).
Co-Author of leading practitioner textbooks: Megarry & Wade The Law of Real Property; Registered Land Law and Practice. Contributor to other publications. Author of Lewison's Drafting Business Leases.
Has lectured on arbitration law & procedure at ARBRIX.