About the speaker

The Honourable Wayne Martin AC KC was Chief Justice of Western Australia between 2006 and his retirement from the bench in July 2018. Prior to his appointment he practised at the Western Australian Bar in the field of commercial litigation, mainly involving disputes in the mining, energy, resources, construction and financial sectors. His practice included international and domestic arbitration. As Chief Justice he created and managed the Arbitration List of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and he has published many decisions in that field (and others).

Since leaving the Bench he is taking appointments as a mediator, arbitrator and adjudicator, and has joined chambers at Francis Burt Chambers, Perth, and at 39 Essex Chambers, with chambers in London, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. He is an arbitration panel member of SIAC, HKIAC and AIAC and a registered construction adjudicator in Western Australia. He is a judge (part-time) of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts and manages the Technology and Construction Division of that Court.