Sir Henry Brooke
Call Date
1963
Silk date
1981
Practice Areas
Mediator
Early Neutral Evaluations
Sir Henry accepts appointments through Chambers to conduct mediations and early neutral evaulations.
Summary of Practice
He has wide experience of many fields of law, both as barrister and judge. These include commercial & insurance, defamation, disciplinary cases, human rights, personal injury law, professional negligence and public law.
He retired at the end of September 2006 from his post as Vice-President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, and was trained as a mediator by both CEDR and ADR Chambers, and has now conducted over 50 mediations in many different fields of practice, with an 80% success rate.
He is Chairman of the Civil Mediation Council, and writes and lectures extensively on current developments in civil and commercial mediation.
Recommendations (Practitioners' Guides)
- "Authoritative and good at controlling dominant personalities."
- "Sir Henry's mediation skills were excellent, he facilitated a settlement when we feared we would not reach one."
- "A wonderful job in unpromising circumstance."
- "Sir Henry was chosedn because their Counsel thought he was just the right man for this dispute, which was quite complex and had a lot of accounting/number crunching involved. Sir Henry was very good with it."
Appointments
Called to the Bar 1963; QC 1981;
1988-2006;
High Court Judge, Queen’s Bench Division
1988-96;
Chairman of the Law Commission Jan 1993-Dec 1995;
Lord Justice of Appeal 1996-2006;
Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) 2003-2006.
2006-;
He now sits occasionally in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Recent Practice
He has wide experience of many fields of law, both as barrister and judge. These include commercial & insurance, defamation, disciplinary cases, human rights, personal injury law, professional negligence and public law.
He retired at the end of September 2006 from his post as Vice-President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, and is now trained and accredited as a mediator by ADR Chambers, CEDR and the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling. His experience as a successful mediator has increased steadily since his retirement from the Bench.