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SERVICES
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Realtime transcription
Specialised in providing live transcription, via computer screens in the hearing room, for immediate access to the verbatim record.
Remote connections to other locations (e.g., law offices) are also available.
All equipment, including wireless laptops, is provided.
Audio recording
Synchronised with the transcript, this permits playback of specific passages without searching.
Dual-language audio recording
Allows switching between audio playback languages (where simultaneous interpretation has been used in the hearing).
Same-day delivery
Specialised in producing the final transcript 1-3 hours after the close of proceedings.
Deferred delivery
Same-day draft delivered 1-3 hours after the close of proceedings.
Final transcripts delivered within 5 working days after the close of hearing.
Locations & contact details
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Worldwide
One reporter alone will ordinarily attend the hearing, thus reducing cost.
With bases in Paris and London, The Court Reporter can attend hearings in both cities without incurring expense.
Contact Details
Trevor McGowan
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T: +33 698 26 34 44
F: +44 20 7287 2506
E: info@thecourtreporter.eu
13, rue des Tournelles
75004 Paris
France
1a Marshall St
London W1F 9BA
UK
Trevor McGowan
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Training & Experience
I qualified as a court reporter in London in 1999, at the age of 22. I then gained my advanced, realtime court-reporting qualification in 2000.
In the early years, I also covered UK court hearings and general stenography, including:
- High Court, House of Lords;
- Central Criminal Court, Court of Appeal;
- Public Inquiries; VAT/C&E Tribunals; Financial Services Authority investigations; Law Society hearings; Employment Tribunals; hospital inquiries;
- AGMs; press conferences; commercial interviews.
Recent work
My work has focused on international hearings since 1999, when I moved to mainland Europe. Subsequently I chose to specialise in arbitration proceedings, and the specific challenges they present.
In addition to hearings under many different Rules of Arbitration, I have supplied realtime and/or same-day transcription for the following:
- US depositions;
- War crimes trials at the International Criminal Court in The Hague;
- International Olympic Committee arbitrations and disciplinary hearings;
- Live-to-air court subtitling for the BBC and Sky News;
- Legal conferences, seminars/symposia.
Notable recent cases
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January 2010, June 2009 (10 days, ongoing) -- Stockholm
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Claimant, from Ukraine, represented by:
Essex Court Chambers
Setterwalls
Respondent, from Ukraine, represented by:
White & Case (Paris) LLP
Magisters
September 2009 (5 days) -- Vienna
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Claimant, from Germany, represented by:
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP (London, Washington, New York)
Respondent, from Poland, represented by:
Essex Court Chambers
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (London)
Graf & Pitkowitz
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Salans LLP
April 2009, November 2008 (7 days) -- Peace Palace, The Hague
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army
Delimitation of Abyei Area
Official website with complete transcripts: www.pca-cpa.org
Tribunal:
- Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy
- Judge Awn Al-Khasawneh
- Professor Dr Gerhard Hafner
- Judge Stephen M Schwebe
- Professor W Michael Reisman
Government of Sudan represented by:
Dirdeiry & Co
Prof J Crawford SC of Matrix Chambers
Prof A Pellet of University of Paris Ouest
Eversheds LLP
SPLM/A represented by:
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
Public International Law & Policy Group
March, January 2009 (12 days) -- London
International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
Ioannis Kardassopoulos v Georgia
(ICSID ARB/05/18)
Ron Fuchs v Georgia
(ICSID ARB/07/15)
Hearing on the Merits
Tribunal:
- Maître L Yves Fortier CC QC
- Professor Alan Vaughan Lowe QC
- Professor Francisco Orrego Vicuna
Claimant represented by:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Respondent represented by:
DLA Piper
January 2009, June 2008, December 2007 (17 days) -- Stockholm
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Claimant, from France, represented by:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Paris and Hong Kong)
Darrois Villey
RydinCarlsten
Respondent, from People's Republic of China, represented by:
Gernandt & Danielsson
King & Wood
T&C Law Firm
December 2008 (5 days) -- Paris
International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
Joseph Charles Lemire v. Ukraine
ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/98/1
Hearing on the Merits
Before:
- Juan Fernandez-Armesto
- Jan Paulsson
- Dr Jurgen Voss
Claimant represented by:
Derains Gharavi & Lazareff
Respondent represented by:
White & Case (Paris)
Magisters
November 2008 (10 days) -- Peace Palace, The Hague
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Jurisdiction and admissibility
Claimant, from Cyprus and the Isle of Man, represented by:
Sherman & Sterling LLP (Paris)
Respondent, from the Russian Federation, represented by:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Paris)
April 2008 (9 days) -- Paris
International Chamber of Commerce
Claimant, from Italy and other countries, represented by:
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Respondent, from United States of America, represented by:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer (Paris)
Tribunal members of recent hearings
- Professor Georges Abi-Saab
- Professor Laurent Aynès
- Axel Baum
- Judge Charles Brower
- Yves Derains
- Professor Robert Dossou
- Professor Ibrahim Fadlallah
- Dr Gavan Griffith QC
- Professor Bernard Hanotiau
- Sally Harpole
- Professor Johnny Herre
- Dr Wolfgang Peter
- Dr Charles Poncet
- Professor Jan Ramberg
- Per Runeland
- Dr Klaus Sachs
- Judge Stephen Schwebel
- Dr Rolf Trittmann
- Pierre-Yves Tschanz
- Professor Albert Jan Van Den Berg
- Jonny Veeder QC
- Dr George Von Segesser
- David AR Williams QC
- Jeffrey Hertzfeld
- Professor Kaj Hobér
- Sigvard Jarvin
- Former Justice Anders Knutsson
- The Honourable Marc Lalonde
- Professor Philippe Leboulanger
- Professor Laurent Lévy
- Claes Lundblad
- Professor Dr K Peter Mailänder
- Professor Pierre Mayer
- Dr Michael Moser
- Justice Johan Munck