John Francis Uff

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KC (born 30 January 1942) is an international arbitrator, advocate, engineer and academic. He graduated from

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(BSc (Eng); PhD) and was called to the Bar at

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in 1970 where he was made a

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in 1993 and Treasurer in 2011. He was the founding Director of the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution and Nash Professor of Engineering Law at

from 1991 to 2003. He was Chairman of the Public Inquiry into the

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which took place between 1997 and 1999. He retired from the Nash chair at

in 2003 and was made an Emeritus Professor there. He was Vice-President of the

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from 2003 to 2008 and President of the Society of Construction Arbitrators from 2004 to 2007. He was made a Fellow of

in 1997. He was made a

in the

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and awarded the Gold Medal of the

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in 2002.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uff, John Francis 1942 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Academics of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of Gray's Inn English King's Counsel