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Mr Thomas Kelly BSc MRICS FCIArb FAIADR: CIArb Accredited Mediator, RICS Registered Expert Witness and Determiner

Job title: Arbitrator, Mediator, Expert Determiner, Expert Witness, Conciliator
Country: United Kingdom

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: Ireland
Secondary branches: UAE

Personal bio

I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor by profession and have been in construction for 38 years I have been involved in may projects in UK, Ireland, Germany, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Kazakstan, Singapore, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Morocco, from inception to completion, I have been involved in arbitration on many disputes between Employers and Main Contractors, Contractors and Sub Contractors, Sub Contractors and Suppliers on projects in Ireland, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Oman such as minor alterations and renovations in Ireland, major design and build specialist sub contract in UAE, major dredging sub contract in UAE, major mixed use developments in UAE, major headquarters project in Bahrain as as the advisor to the claimant and defendant, expert witness in quantum, I am on the panels arbitrators of the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration and the Asian International Arbitration Centre, Thailand Arbitration Centre and the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Cayman International Mediation and Arbitration Centre and have had several nominations for ad hoc arbitrations. I have taken part in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre Moot in London for Fox Williams/CIArb and LCIA, Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Alexandria, Hamburg and the Final Vis Moot in Vienna. I have also take part in the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Arbitrations and the Alfred Deakin Moot. I have also been involved as a Mediator on several minor disputes between parties in Ireland and UAE. I have been involved as Expert Determiner on disputes between a Main Contractor and Specialist Glazing Contractor and a Main Contractor and MEP Contractor in UAE and several minor disputes between individuals in Ireland. I have been involved in the preparation and defence of claims for extensions of time, prolongation and disruption costs, suspension of contract ,variations, termination of contracts in Ireland, UK and the Middle East.