Arbitration

Dr. Clive Trotman is a Londoner resident in New Zealand.  He practises dispute resolution, with a preference for the arbitration or adjudication of technical matters, as principal of Dispute Science Ltd.  He trained in dispute resolution at Massey University School of Business and the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ).  Experience in domain name disputes dates from 2000, including the World Intellectual Property Organization, Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, New Zealand Domain Name Commission, and Czech Arbitration Court.

Clive is a Fellow of AMINZ, and a member of the Institute’s Arbitration Panel and Mediation Panel.  He has served the Institute as Councillor and member of several committees, including Education and Qualifications, accreditation of tertiary education, and Continuing Professional Development. 

Other appointments have included about six years Legal Aid Review Panel, appointed by the Attorney General, and currently the Committee of the Otago District Law Society adjudicating complaints against lawyers.

Science and Technology

Previously Clive was associate professor of biochemistry, University of Otago, New Zealand.  International collaboration included Guest Professorship at the University of Antwerp.  His research spanned a wide area of science including the relationships between proteins and DNA, and computer modelling of molecular structures by reference to large databases.  He developed a special interest in DNA evidence and the interface between forensic science and law, teaching a Master’s level course unit on the topic by working through the original evidence in notorious cases.  The Otago Medical Research Foundation has made Clive an Honorary Life Member.

Formal qualifications

University

• Doctor of Science (DSc), Brunel University, London
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of East Anglia
• Bachelor of Technology (BTech) (Honours), Brunel University, London
• Diploma in Business Studies (DipBusStud) (Dispute Resolution) Massey University

Institutional

• Fellow of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (FAMINZ(Arb))
• Chartered Biologist (CBiol)
• Fellow of the Society of Biology, London (FSB)
• Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (FNZIC)

Publications

About 150 scientific publications (often co-authored) ranging from very brief conference abstracts to full papers, book chapters and a book on the origin of life in the universe.  On domain names:
Disputed domain names - a moving target.  NZ Lawyer, No. 73 (2007).

Interests

Clive regularly reviews science and technology books for the newspaper, collects and fixes antique technical gadgets, and likes messing about in boats.