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Dr Cameron Ford , OAM SC

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Dr Cameron Ford OAM SC is an independent arbitrator, counsel and mediator practising from Singapore. He holds a PhD on the topic Towards a Transnational Standard for Security for Costs in International Commercial Arbitration, and is a Specialist Mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to law.

Cameron is on the arbitration panels of SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB, CIETAC and BAC and has conducted numerous commercial and investor-state arbitrations as counsel and as arbitrator under various institutional rules including SIAC, ICC, ICSID and UNCITRAL.

Cameron was most recently a partner in the international dispute resolution group of Squire Patton Boggs, based in Singapore. He has spent about a decade as in-house counsel with National Australia Bank, Downer Group and Rio Tinto, managing large commercial and investor-state disputes. From that experience he gained a deeper appreciation of the commercial imperatives operating on businesses and their desire for efficient disposition of disputes.
 

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1987

Year Taken Silk

  • 2024

Membership

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
  • Northern Territory Bar Association
  • Law Society of the Northern Territory

Qualifications

  • PhD (2022)
  • MACC (2016)
  • LLM (2012)
  • GCIA (2010)
  • LLB (1987)

Education

  • Monash University (2022)
  • Nanyang Technological University (2016)
  • University of Melbourne (2012)
  • National University of Singapore (2010)
  • University of Queensland (1987)

2 Contributions by Cameron Ford

International arbitration costs: managing institutional and tribunal fees, party costs, allocation and recovery (including third-party funding), security for costs and Calderbank offers
PRACTICE NOTES
International arbitration costs: managing institutional and tribunal fees, party costs, allocation and recovery (including third-party funding), security for costs and Calderbank offers
This Practice Note explores the place of costs in international arbitration proceedings. Further guidance on this topic appears in Practice Notes: AA 1996—costs, Interest on costs and damages in arbitration, Costs and fees of key arbitral institutions, and the ‘Related documents’ pod. To compare the answers to questions relating to arbitration costs (and funding) in jurisdictions around the world, please consult our International Comparator Tool. Relevance of costs in international arbitration This review of costs is aimed chiefly at two objectives—enabling arbitrants to keep expenditure under control and, where they succeed, to recover it from the opposing side. Unchecked dispute costs can rapidly make pursuit of proceedings uneconomic and cause disputants to regret commencing proceedings. By understanding the different categories of cost, parties can introduce greater control and help ensure that the sums incurred are recovered from the opponent...
Arbitration
The in-house counsel’s guide to international arbitration: dispute resolution choices, clause drafting, case management, costs, tribunal selection, procedure, settlement, award and enforcement
PRACTICE NOTES
The in-house counsel’s guide to international arbitration: dispute resolution choices, clause drafting, case management, costs, tribunal selection, procedure, settlement, award and enforcement
This Practice Note This Practice Note explores the wide-ranging functions in-house legal teams may assume in international arbitration and connected issues. It is intended as direct guidance for in-house counsel (though, stylistically, we refer to such lawyers in neutral terms). It should equally assist practitioners collaborating with in-house teams, or seeking clearer insight into their place within the arbitral workflow. Much of the pragmatic advice could also apply where the chosen dispute resolution route is, for instance, litigation or mediation. Although the emphasis is on the contribution of in-house counsel to international commercial arbitration, the discussion and pointers may likewise inform in-house lawyers involved in international investment arbitration (investor–state dispute resolution), particularly viewed from the perspective of investors. Introductory Practice Notes that may help include: Arbitration-new starter guide Arbitration-an introduction to the key features of arbitration International arbitration-an introduction to the key features of international arbitration Ad hoc arbitration-an introduction to the key features of ad hoc arbitration Institutional arbitration-an introduction to the key features of institutional...
Arbitration
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