​Name: 
John Dowse
​
Location:  
Toronto, Canada
Contact details: 
+14167104175

Qualifications: 
LLB(Hons) PgDip (Legal Practice), MCIArb, MCInstCES, MIOD, FPD.

Specialisation: 
Barrister, Chartered Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveyor, Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Registered Mediator.

Languages:
English.

Regions served: 
UK, Canada, Caribbean, Middle East and worldwide upon request.
Industry Sectors :*​
  • Commercial building
  • Construction & Heavy Engineering
  • Dredging
  • Highways
  • Marine
  • Petrochemical/Process engineering
  • Power Generation
  • Residential building
  • Retail development
  • Sewerage transportation & treatment
  • Sports & leisure development
  • Transport
  • Tunnelling
  • Utility works
  • Water processing & transportation

Practice Areas:*
  • Arbitration
  • ​Arb-Med
  • Adjudication
  • Commercial Negotiation
  • Conciliation
  • Dispute Board Member
  • Early Neutral Evaluation
  • Emergency Arbitration
  • Independent Expert
  • Mediation 
  • Med-Arb
  • Specialist panel​
Background information: 
John Dowse is a Chartered Civil Engineering Quantity Surveyor, Barrister of the Middle Temple in England and Wales, and dispute resolution practitioner with over thirty years of experience at all levels within contracting companies and consulting practices worldwide.
John was based substantially in Trinidad & Tobago where he established Cerno Services Ltd and Resolution Chambers, providing construction, legal, management, training and dispute resolution consulting services to contractors, employer organisations, state enterprises, the legal profession, and to local/international clients.
​
Overview
  • ​Skills include: claims preparation & defence; contract drafting; dispute resolution; dispute avoidance; forensic delay analysis; forensic quantum analysis.
  • Experienced building, construction, engineering and industrial professional also qualified in law, with over 30 years of experience  and operating worldwide providing dispute resolution services variously as advisor, advocate and tribunal. Practising expert in quantum and delay analysis.
  • John is a trainer in construction law, dispute resolution, construction management and practice, and construction claims.
  • John was the Regional Vice President for an international project management and consulting organisation responsible for operations throughout the Caribbean.​;
  • John was based in the U.A.E. but worked internationally, providing consultancy on mega-projects including the Dubai Festival City and Burj Khalifa projects.;
  • John was employed within a number of UK based contracting organisations, mainly on specialist civil engineering projects, in positions up to and including Board level.
Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 
CERTIFIED EDUCATOR ​
​The benefits of certification as a Prime Dispute Educator 
  • Meet all relevant policies, procedures and criteria to deliver training & development courses at Prime Dispute; 
  • Meet a global, industry-recognised benchmark (Terms & Conditions for Educators)​;
  • Are consistent, comparable and reliable worldwide;
  • Demonstrate necessary knowledge and skills;
  • Are recognised by Industry sectors, professionals and peers as an Educator.
JOHN DOWSE / FPD CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
PANELS
​Our ★★★★★ represent the following: 
  • Agreed to abide by 'Criteria for inclusion on  Prime Dispute's Panels';
  • Applications for both senior 'Fellowship' and 'Panels' approved;
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'Administration Process of Cases Note' & 'Schedule of Fees for all Cases';
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'User Agreement for FPD (Fellow Prime Dispute) Members'';
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'Business Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy' - Including 'Section 6' on 'Business Ethics for Dispute Resolver'. ​​​​​
JOHN DOWSE / FPD PANEL MEMBER
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​ARBITRATOR PANEL - ✓
ARB-MED PANEL - ✓
ADJUDICATOR PANEL - ✓
COMMERICIAL NEGOTIATOR PANEL - ✓
DISPUTE BOARD PANEL - ✓
EMERGENCY ARBITRATOR  - ✓
EXPERT WITNESS PANEL - ✓
MEDIATOR PANEL - ✓
MED-ARB PANEL - ✓
*Prime Dispute also provides a 'Formal Appointment Service', All our senior neutrals who are officially appointed will need to comply with our ' Formal Criteria' before nomination.
*Conflict checks would need to be undertaken prior to the neutral being formally appointed.