Professor Campbell McLachlan (New Zealand) QC
Call: Barrister (New Zealand) 1984; Solicitor of England and Wales 1991; Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts, Civil) 2001
Silk: 2007
Contact
Essex Court Chambers
24 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3EG
Tel: 020 7813 8000 Fax: 020 7813 8080
AboutCampbell McLachlan is a well-known specialist in the field of international commercial litigation and arbitration but is particularly respected for his work on matters involving public and private international law, representing multi-national corporations and a number of sovereign states. Educated at Victoria University of Wellington (LLB (Hons), 1983), and the University of London (Ph D, 1988), Professor McLachlan holds the Diploma cum laude of the Hague Academy of International Law. Formerly a partner in Herbert Smith, New Zealand born Campbell McLachlan is also currently a Professor of Law at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and an Associate member of Bankside Chambers, Auckland (call 1984(NZ)). He is President of the Australian & New Zealand Society of International Law.
Education
- Commonwealth Scholar, University College London
- Doctoral thesis: State Recognition of Customary Law in the South Pacific (awarded PhD, University of London, 1988)
- Diploma cum laude, Hague Academy of International Law, 1985
- Consultant to Legal Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, 1985
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
LL B (Hons, First Class) 1984
Chapman Tripp Centenary Award for top law student
Senior Scholarship
Junior lectureship, 1983-4
- University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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