Christopher Gardner QC MA (Cantab), FCIArb, FSALS, FRSM

Educated: Rossall School, Lancashire, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Called to the Bar: Gray’s Inn, 1968. Lord Justice Holker Exhibitioner

Barrister: Lamb Chambers, Middle Temple. Head of Chambers 1998 – 2004

Recorder: 1993

Queen's Counsel: 1994

Chief Justice: Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies, 2004-2007

Presently: Chief Justice Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich, British Antarctic and British Indian Ocean Territories (part time appointments)

Chartered Arbitrator

Accredited Mediator

Fellow: Society for Advanced Legal Studies; Royal Society of Medicine

Court Assistant: Worshipful Company of Arbitrators

Panel Member: Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre; Kuala Lumpur Centre for Arbitration; Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Genetic Tests Arbitration Service

Member: LCIA Asia Pacific Users’ Council; LCIA Symposia: Hong Kong (2000), Durban (2002), San Francisco (2003), Hyderabad (2011)

Commonwealth Law Conferences: Hong Kong (2009), Hyderabad (2011)

Interests: swimming, rowing, golf, ballet, open-air theatre, bell-ringing and cooking curries