Practice Profile
Mary started her career in London. After qualifying as a barrister, she worked in the insurance and transport industry before returning to private practice and requalifying as a solicitor. She practiced in solicitors’ firms in London and Hong Kong for 25 years, most of the time as partner, and has conducted litigation in the High Courts of England and Hong Kong including to the highest appeal courts. Mary has very substantial experience of commercial disputes including with the banking, insurance, transport, energy, commodities, construction, IT and manufacturing sectors. In 2013, Mary joined the Hong Kong Bar and re-joined the English Bar to focus on her growing arbitrator practice.
Mary has been involved in commercial arbitration since her early years in London, conducting ad hoc as well as institution administered arbitrations including ICC, Uncitral, HKIAC, SIAC, SCMA, SCMA and CIETAC Rules. She has been appointed arbitrator since 1996, including pursuant to “commercial men” clauses. She is on the panel of arbitrators of CIARB, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, KCAB, KLRCA, CAA, HKMAG, APRAG and SCMA. She regularly sits in arbitrations in London, Hong Kong and Singapore on a wide area of commercial disputes including in consolidated arbitrations.
Mary has mediated large international commercial disputes in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai.
Career in London
William A. Crump - Solicitor and Employed Barrister
Thomas Miller - Claims Executive & Insurance Underwriter
Zodiac Maritime Agencies - Claims and Insurance
Chambers of GRA Darling QC, (now 36 Stone Chambers) - Pupil Barrister
Career in Hong Kong
Brandt Chan & Partners / SNR Denton (now Dentons) - Partner, Dispute Resolution and Regional Head of Insurance
Hammonds - Partner
Kennedys - Partner
Denton Wilde Sapte - Consultant
Koo & Partners / Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP - Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution and Construction
Ng & Partners - Partner
Testimonials
Appointments & Memberships
Chair, Executive committee, CIArb East Asia Branch
Chair, ARIAS Asia
Advisory Committee on Promotion of Arbitration, HK DOJ
ICC Arbitration Commission Task Force on Climate Change Disputes
Panel Member, London Court of International Arbitration
Panel Member, HKMAAL
Member, Hong Kong Insurance Law Association
Member, Hong Kong Maritime Law Association
Arbitrator Panels:
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG)
Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA)
London Maritime Arbitrators Association, Aspiring Full Member (LMAA)
Hong Kong Maritime Arbitrators Group (HKMAG)
Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA)
Mediator Panels:
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited (HKMAAL)
Publications
- Lexis Practical Guidance, Arbitration section, Editorial Board,
- Insurance arbitration chapter, Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition by Sweet & Maxwell
- Maritime Law & Practice in Hong Kong by Sweet & Maxwell, General Editor
- 'A Commercial Man” (Asian Dispute Review, Society of Maritime Arbitrators, New York)
- “New Rules Seek to Tighten Regulation of China’s Insurance Market” (Lexology)
- “Enforcement of Mainland Chinese arbitration award refused on public policy grounds in Hong Kong amid warnings on Med-Arb” (Lexology, Mondaq and Seaview)
- “Hong Kong Court of Appeal Reinstates ICC Award and Confirms Case Management Autonomy of Arbitral Tribunals”(Lexology & Clients Alerts)
- “Insurer and Broker Win Commission Case in Hong Kong” (Mondaq)
- Hong Kong’s State and Crown Immunity: Immunity for State-Owned Enterprises?”(Mondaq, Seaview, Lexology
Seminars and Webinars
- Guest lecturer at HK universities on arbitration, mediation and insurance law courses
- Regular speaker at conferences and seminars having presented in London, San Francisco, Dubai, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Bangkok, Bali, Jakarta, Phnom Penh and Yangon
- CIArb course director, lecturer, tutor and assessor
Former Committee Positions
Board member, ArbitralWomen
Chair, Arbitration Committee of ICC Hong Kong
Secretary, ICC Hong Kong
Chair, Transport & Logistic Committee of ICC Hong Kong Chair, Women in Shipping & Trade Association
Hong Kong Insurance Law Association
Hong Kong Maritime Law Association
Hong Kong Mediation Council
Editorial Board, Asia Dispute Review
Law Society’s Working Party on Civil Justice Review
Admiralty Court Users Committee
Qualifications
Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2016)
Barrister, Hong Kong (2013)
Arbitrator and Mediator, Financial Dispute Resolution Centre - Financial Products & Their Selling Process (2012)
Accredited Adjudicator, HKIAC (2008)
Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (2006)
Accredited Mediator, HKIAC (2002)
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2000)
Solicitor, Hong Kong (1992)
Solicitor, England & Wales (1991)
Barrister, England & Wales (1983)