Described “one of the leading lawyers of his generation”, Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he retired in October 2016. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from April 2010 until October 2012.

Over his career Lord Dyson has been involved in many high profile sports cases, some resulting in the establishment of the Premier League and the introduction of all-seater football stadiums in the UK. More recently he has adjudicated the Peter Beardsley racism case for The FA and the Saracens Salary Cap case for Premiership Rugby.

In this interview Lord Dyson givens a detailed insight into his career and shares his thoughts on the state of sports dispute resolution as well what it takes to achieve a magnificent career in law.

He recently published his memoir ‘John Dyson - A Judge's Journey’, which I recommend reading. It is available at all good bookstores and online. All the proceeds going to charity.

Lord Dyson biography

Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he retired in October 2016. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from April 2010 until October 2012. He was a Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2001 until 2010 (and Deputy Head of Civil Justice from 2003 until 2006). He was a Judge of the High Court of England and Wales from 1993 until 2001, and the Judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court from 1998 until 2001. He was a Recorder from 1986 until 1993.

Lord Dyson was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1968 and was awarded a Harmsworth Scholarship. He was Treasurer of the Inn in 2017.

From 1968, he practised in Keating Chambers and was appointed QC in 1982. In 1986 he accepted an invitation by 39 Essex Chambers to become Head of Chambers, a position he held until 1993 when he was appointed to the High Court.

Since retiring from the Bench he has been accepting appointments as an arbitrator and mediator in both domestic and international arbitrations.

He has lectured extensively on a wide range of subjects in the UK and abroad, including in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, US, Australia and New Zealand. He has given lectures to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on mediation and arbitration. He gave the Mustill lecture in 2013 on Arbitration and the Brussels 1 Reform.

He has participated in legal exchanges with judges and lawyers from other jurisdictions, such as US, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, Israel, France and judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union and has contributed papers on these occasions.

He is an Honorary Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is a Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, London and University College, London. He has honorary doctorates from University College, London and the Universities of Leeds and Essex.

He is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Sport Resolutions Arbitration Panel, The Football Association’s Judicial Panel, LCIA and ICC.

We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.

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