Arran Dowling-Hussey , FCIArb, Barrister
Arran Dowling-Hussey is an experienced barrister, adjudicator, arbitrator and mediator. He is also called in London (2007) and Belfast (2006) has rights of audience in the Courts of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”) (2020) and at the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Courts (2020). Arran is also based at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square in London https://www.4-5.co.uk/barristers/profile/arran-dowling-hussey. His practice includes advocacy, drafting statements of case, contractual documents and advising on commercial, chancery, construction, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and international matters. Arran is a member of a number of London based legal/construction and/or ADR committees including the Council of the Society of Construction Law, Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the committee of the Adjudication Society.
Arran has been recognised for his work as counsel with a number of awards including from Finance Monthly. He is comfortable working for a range of clients from individual litigants to large businesses. Arran looks to help clients effectively resolve disputes where appropriate making use of Alternative Dispute Resolution processes. He regularly works to tight timelines to help best progress disputes.
Aside from his core professional work Arran enjoys writing and speaking on legal issues. He is the co-author of 3 editions of Arbitration Law (Round Hall, Dublin 2008, 2014 and 2018.) He has also co-edited the Construction, Engineering and Energy Law Journal of Ireland since 2015. Arran has significant experience lecturing in a range of legal subjects including but not limited to arbitration. He is a visiting professor at the School of Business and Law in Lahore.
Arran is an accredited mediator. He has acted as mediator in disputes such as where a bank and a defaulting borrower are in dispute.
Arran is an experienced arbitrator and counsel for both domestic and international arbitration disputes. He is a member of a number of British, Irish and international arbitration panels. As arbitrator he has been listed in Global Arbitration Review‘s Arbitrator Research Tool. Arran is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Board of Trustees (2017-2023) and was formally a member of the CIArb’s Board of Management (2013-2015). He frequently writes and speaks on international arbitration. At the end of 2020 he was a speaker at Dubai Arbitration Week. Arran is a former consultant to the Council of Europe providing training in arbitration in Armenia. He has also lectured on this topic in Pakistan aside from very considerable lecturing and training in the UK, Republic of Ireland and United Arab Emirates.
Practice Areas
Panel
- Contributing Author
Membership
- Trustee of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2017)
2 Contributions by Arran Dowling-Hussey
PRACTICE NOTES
Arbitration in the Republic of Ireland: seat advantages, legal framework, court role, enforcement and challenges, costs, construction adjudication, and key case law (2010–2025)
Ireland as a seat of arbitration
In recent years, the Republic of Ireland (Ireland) has pursued a focused drive to position itself as a hub for international arbitration. These initiatives have intensified since the UK’s departure from the EU, with representative bodies such as Arbitration Ireland arguing that Dublin can attract cross-border dispute work at London’s expense. September 2024 saw the second Dublin International Disputes Week, building on the now well‑established Dublin International Arbitration Day. Ireland’s principal selling points in this respect include:
a common law jurisdiction
membership of the European Union
excellent infrastructure and facilities
a pool of highly skilled professional expertise
adoption of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (the Model Law)
The Irish courts have traditionally shown deference to contracting parties’ selection of arbitration as their chosen means of resolving disputes...
Arbitration
PRACTICE NOTES
Ireland: ADR overview—negotiation, mediation, construction adjudication, arbitration and conciliation; key procedures, enforcement and governing legislation (Mediation Act 2017, Construction Contracts Act 2013, Arbitration Act 2010)
This Practice Note outlines and introduces the principal forms of alternative dispute resolution used in Ireland—direct negotiation, mediation, adjudication, arbitration and conciliation—setting out their key characteristics and the main governing statutes: the Mediation Act 2017 (Ireland) (MA 2017 (IRL)), the Construction Contracts Act 2013 (Ireland) (CCA 2013 (IRL)) and the Arbitration Act 2010 (Ireland) (AA 2010 (IRL)).
Forms of alternative dispute resolution
ADR offers a voluntary route in place of litigation for resolving civil disputes. In Ireland, the leading methods—arbitration, mediation, direct negotiation and construction adjudication—will be familiar to practitioners across other common law jurisdictions. Conciliation, by contrast, although widely used domestically for both employment and construction disputes, will often be unfamiliar to those practising elsewhere. There is also limited uptake of other tools on the ADR spectrum, such as expert determination. Likewise, escalating dispute clauses directing parties to attempt conciliation and then, if required, proceed to arbitration or litigation, are uncommon other than in construction contracts.
Direct negotiation
Long before the heightened emphasis on ADR over...
Ireland - Dispute Resolution
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