Sir Oliver Popplewell's Full CV

Qualifications

M.A. (Cantab), LLB. (Cantab), B.A.(Oxon),

Practice Profile

Oliver Popplewell was one of England's most distinguished High Court Judges. He became the senior judge of the Queen's Bench Division, where the cases he tried ranged from murder to high-profile commercial and media trials As the judge in charge of the Defamation list, he presided over cases such as the Jonathan Aitken and Al Fayed libel actions. He conducted the judicial inquiry into the fire at the Bradford football ground and problems of hooliganism, crowd control and safety at sports grounds. As a successful QC at the Bar, he acted for Thames Television and other media organisations, as well as appearing for many of the larger insurance companies in complex insurance claims In his judicial capacity, he was President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and, as a member of the Wages Council, acquired considerable experience in resolving industrial disputes.

Currently, he acts as an arbitrator and mediator. He specializes in employment and sporting disputes and is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Lausanne) and the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel. He also acts in professional negligence and financial disputes and is a member of the LCIA and the City Disputes Panel. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a qualified mediator (CEDR accredited).

He was President of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) in 1995 and 1996 and is a member of the MCC Disciplinary Panel.

Career

1940 Scholar at Charterhouse School

1946 Royal Navy

1948 Exhibitioner of Queens' College, Cambridge

1949-1951 Played for the Cambridge cricket team and awarded a blue in all 3 years.

1950 B.A. Hons Cantab. (Law)

1951 LL.B

1951 Called to the Bar.

1969 Queen's Counsel

1969 Recorder of Burton on Trent. Deputy Chairman of Oxfordshire Quarter Sessions

1971 A Recorder of the Crown Court

1980 Member of the Aarvold Committee on Restricted Patients

1983 High Court Judge

1985 Chairman of the Bradford Inquiry into Crowd Control and Safety at Sports Grounds

1986 President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal

1986 Vice Chairman of the Parole Board

1995-1996 President of the MCC

1996 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

2000 Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator. Member of L.C.I.A.

2000 Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Lausanne)

2000 Member of the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel

2003 Autobiography "Benchmark" published

October 2003 - June 2006 B.A. Hons Oxon (PPE),Harris Manchester College

October 2007 - October 2008 Reading for a MSc in the History of International Relations, London School of Economics