James Haydock is an Executive at ENS in the Dispute Resolution practice.

Recent matters in which James has been involved include where he:

• acted for a JSE-listed company in relation to the disputed awarding of a tender (case succeeded in the High Court)
• acted for a mining company in relation to a dispute over the interpretation of a contract (case succeeded both at the arbitration stage and on review to the High Court)
• acted for an industry regulator to obtain an Anton Pillar order to prevent the possible destruction of evidence (case succeeded in the High Court)
• acted for a number of blue-chip companies in a variety of contractual disputes heard both in the courts and by way of private arbitrations

He is an accredited mediator (since 2013), and has a strong focus on finding innovative resolutions to matters wherever possible, in addition to litigating where necessary.

James is also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, where he worked between 2001 and 2006 at the Insolvency Service, the Companies Investigation Branch (of the UK Department of Trade & Industry) and at a private law firm.

Education

• LLB (Rhodes University)
• BA (Reading University, England)
• Diploma in Sports Management (London Business & Management School)
• Commercial Mediation Accreditation Programme (Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement)
• Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales