CAMPBELL BRIDGE SC FCIArb
7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers | Level 7, 180 Phillip St, Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA 2000
Level 57 Republic Plaza, 9 Raffles Place, SINGAPORE 048619 | Tel: +61 2 9231 1685
Mob: +61 418 408 066 | www.campbellbridge.com | Email: cb@campbellbridge.com
BRIEF SUMMARY OF PRACTICE AS A BARRISTER, MEDIATOR AND ARBITRATOR
1977 - 1998
Practice as junior counsel in Australian courts appearing in wide
range of appeals, trials, arbitrations, and inquests, principally in
areas of commercial litigation, building and construction, common
law, medical and professional negligence and public liability.
Career included acting as Counsel Assisting the Royal
Commission into the Building Industry held by R V Gyles QC for
9 months.
1998 - 2015
Practice as Senior Counsel involved principally in appellate
advocacy, major inquests, class actions, complex product liability,
public liability and medical negligence trials, legal professional
disciplinary matters, alternative dispute resolution work - including
arbitrations, references out by the court and Australian and
international mediations held in Australia, Singapore and
Indonesia.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
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Senior Counsel – Australia. Appointed 1998.
Accredited under National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) of Australia.
Supreme Court of New South Wales – Accredited Mediator and Arbitrator
FCIArb - Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
ACICA – Fellow of Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.
BANI - Badan Arbitrasi Nasional Indonesia ((Indonesia National Board of Arbitration)
– Panel Arbitrator.
PMN - Indonesian Mediation Centre - International Mediator.
Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration - Panel Arbitrator.
Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration - Panel Mediator.
EXPERIENCE AS ADVOCATE, MEDIATOR & ARBITRATOR
My advocacy practice as a Senior Counsel currently involves appearing in major litigation,
particularly public liability, medical negligence, commercial matters and class actions. I acted
as Senior Counsel for the State of New South Wales in the recently concluded Fairbridge
class action (Giles v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] NSWSC 83).
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Over 50% of my practice at the NSW Bar is as a mediator. I have acted as both mediator
and for parties in literally hundreds of disputes over more than 10 years in Australia,
Singapore and Indonesia in areas of commercial law, professional negligence, public liability,
mining disputes, infrastructure disputes, banking and commercial law.
International mediations conducted by me as mediator or conciliator in both Singapore and
Indonesia including major infrastructure, mining and professional negligence disputes.
I have been involved in arbitrations and references out by courts in Australia over many years
in areas of construction and commercial law, and most recently in disputes between insurers
in professional negligence actions.
I have been a member of the NSW Bar Association ADR Committee for many years.
OTHER INTERNATIONAL WORK AND EXPERIENCE
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The only non-Indonesian who is accredited as both an arbitrator and mediator in
Indonesia. I am on the panels of arbitrators (BANI) and mediators (PMN) in Indonesia.
I am also a panel arbitrator and mediator with the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre of
Arbitration (KLRCA).
Drafted the Mediation Rules in 2013 for Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration.
Member of the Australia Indonesia Business Council Committee advising on the
Economic Partnership Agreement where I had specific responsibility for advising on
the incorporation of ADR (with mediation the preferred option) in CEPA
(Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) currently being negotiated
between the Australian and Indonesian governments.
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
I am frequently invited to speak at conferences, seminars, in-house tutorials and lectures,
training courses for government instrumentalities and numerous eminent private law firms in
Sydney, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. I also teach at universities and for professional
associations, both locally and internationally. The subject of my teaching, presentations and
seminars includes a wide range of subjects - mediation of commercial, infrastructure and
mining disputes in Australia and Asia, professional negligence and commercial disputes as
well as sexual assault cases involving churches and schools.
Presentations and topics include:
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OZMINE (April 2012) an Australian Mining Industry conference conducted by Austrade
in Jakarta, Indonesia – mediation in the context of culture, negotiation and dispute
resolution.
“The 5C’s of ADR” (October 2012) conference in Singapore - Developments in
mediation in Australia.
BANI (Indonesia National Board of Arbitration) and Rodyk & Davidson (November
2012) – Arbitration and mediation and hybrid processes.
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Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (April 2013) – “Mediation of Medical
Negligence and Professional Indemnity Actions”.
Asia-Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG) Conference in Melbourne (March
2014) - Hybrid processes and the Procedural Fairness Issues which Arise;
Asian Mediation Association Conference in Hong Kong (April 2014) - Mediation of
Mining Disputes.
International Malaysian Law Conference (September 2014) Kuala Lumpur – “Interim
Relief in International Arbitration”.
Queensland Bar Association Mediation Conference (November 2014) – “Mediating
International Disputes and Mediating Disputes with Non-Australian Parties” and
“Infrastructure Disputes - Why Infrastructure Disputes are best resolved by Mediation”.
Victorian Bar Mediation Course (November 2014) - “Mediating International Disputes
and Mediating Disputes with Non-Australian Parties - Cross Cultural Dynamics”.
Ashurst Singapore (November 2014) – “Resolving Disputes by Mediation or
Negotiation - Cross Cultural Dynamics”.
Australia Indonesia Business Council Conference (December 2014) Melbourne “Doing Business in Indonesia – Relationships v Rights”.
Assagaf Hamzah & Partners / Rajah & Tann (January 2015) – Jakarta - “Mediating
International Disputes and Mediating Disputes with Non-Australian Parties - Cross
Cultural Dynamics”.
Baker & McKenzie Singapore (January 2015) and Baker & McKenzie Sydney (June
2015) – “Mediating International Disputes - Indonesian and Parties from Different
Backgrounds/Cultures - Cross Cultural Dynamics".
Soemadipradja & Taher - Jakarta (August 2015) “Influence of Culture in Dispute
Resolution and Negotiation”.
In October 2009 I was a lecturer in the Dispute Resolution in Asia LLM course conducted by
Sydney University Law Faculty. I have been a guest lecturer between 2010 and 2015 at the
Indonesian Mediation Centre in Jakarta on issues of conflict resolution analysis, negotiation,
Indonesian and Western cross-cultural issues, and the role of lawyers in alternative dispute
resolution and mediation. In June 2012 and May 2014 I was a guest lecturer at the Melbourne
University Law Master’s Program on topics of mediation of medical negligence disputes, and
ethical and effective negotiations.
Other Cultural Activities
I do freelance work as a writer and photographer for numerous cultural magazines and
publications such as Asian Geographic (Singapore), and various airline and travel
magazines. A large number of my photographs and articles have been published about
numerous places in Asia including Indonesia, India, Bhutan, Mongolia and the Silk Road in
Central Asia, including cultural articles with diverse topics ranging from a non-Muslim
perspective of Ramadan to Islamic life in Sydney and the coffee culture of Sydney.
I have staged numerous photographic exhibitions in Jakarta and Sydney on topics ranging
from Indonesian people and culture to Islamic life in Sydney.
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