Mark Dempsey SC FCIArb

Mark Dempsey SC FCIArbADMISSION TO PRACTICE

  • 2004 Appointed as Senior Counsel
  • 1988 Admitted to the Bar
  • 1983 Admitted as a Solicitor

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2012 FCIArb, FACICA
  • 1982 BA/LLB (Hons) ANU

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  • 1982-1988 Solicitor, Allen Allen & Hemsley (now Allens) in the Corporate, Banking & Finance and Commercial Litigation departments.

PRACTICE AS A BARRISTER

  • Mark Dempsey has practiced as a barrister for more than 25 years, 10 as senior counsel. He has a broad Commercial & Equity practice with special expertise in Construction and Engineering disputes, and Appellate practice.
  • Mark has practised extensively in jurisdictions throughout Australia including the ACT, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, and in Fiji.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Appellate, Arbitration - Commercial & International, Commercial law, Construction Mining & Resources, Competition and Consumer Law, Corporations & Insolvency, Employment, Equity, Insurance, Mediation – Domestic and International, Professional Liability and Disciplinary Proceedings, and Succession & Probate.

PRACTICE IN ARBITRATION, MEDIATION & ADR

  • Mark has extensive experience in Arbitration (Commercial and International), Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Mark practices as an Arbitrator and Mediator in Australia, Singapore & Malaysia. 
  • He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), a Fellow of ACICA, an arbitrator on the panels of ACICA and the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA).
  • Mark is a Mediator accredited with the Supreme Court of NSW and under the Australian National Standards (NMAS), and a Panel Mediator of KLRCA.
  • He an Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert Determiner approved by the NSW Bar Association.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & ASSOCIATIONS

  • Bar Associations of NSW and ACT, Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Fellow of Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (FACICA), member of International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Society of Construction Law Australia (SoCLA), and AMPLA (the Resources and Energy Law Association), and the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation.