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David Hacking
Introduction
David Hacking is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London. For the last 40 years, practising as a Barrister at Law and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court, he has undertaken numerous commercial litigation and arbitration cases. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Cambridge University (BA 1961 and MA 1968) and the Inns of Court School of Law where he was awarded by the Middle Temple a Harmsworth Major Entrance Exhibition (1960) and an Astbury Scholarship (1963). He did active service as an Officer in Royal Navy and is Freeman of the City of London.
Career
Since 1975 David Hacking has also been an Attorney and Counselor-at-Law in the State of New York. In arbitration he has particular knowledge of ICC, LCIA, AAA LMAA and GAFTA arbitrations and is on the ICDR, KLRCA, LCIA and SIAC International Panels. He was a member of the English Working Party on the 1998 ICC Arbitration Rules and is a member of the Society of Construction Arbitrators, the Swiss Arbitration Association, the Council of Indian Arbitration, the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) and the Grain and Feed Association (GAFTA) and is a Fellow of the Singapore and the Malaysian Institutes of Arbitrators. He is also an accredited mediator with ADR Chambers and has been appointed mediator by the AAA, LCIA, CIArb and the City Disputes Panel. David Hacking in the UK is President of the Civil Court Users Association and in the USA on the Council of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Parliamentary Work
As Lord Hacking, he was a Member of the House of Lords for 28 years and from 1989 to 1999 a Member of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities. As an active Member of the House of Lords, David Hacking participated in the passage through the House of numerous Public Bills including the Financial Services Bill 1986, the Courts and Legal Services Bill 1990, the Civil Aviation [Amendment] Bill 1996 and the Access to Justice Bill 1999. He was also actively involved in the House of Lords in the reform of English arbitration law and paved the way in Parliament for the UK Arbitration Act 1979 and played a prominent part during the passage through Parliament of the UK Arbitration Act 1996.
Lectures and Appointments
David Hacking is a frequent lecturer on arbitration and has written numerous articles on the development of the law of arbitration. He is a member of the IBA, the AAA, the ABA and the New York City Bar Association. Practising from Littleton Chambers in London he undertakes appointments as counsel, arbitrator and mediator in commercial arbitrations and mediations. Since January 2000, he has issued over 140 Arbitration Awards. He continues to work closely with the aviation, commodities, construction, maritime and pharmaceutical industries.