Dr Joy is a Barrister, International Arbitrator and Adjudicator.  Accredited dispute resolution professional specialized in International Dispute Settlement and International Commercial Arbitration. Empaneled with the Kuala Lumpur Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) as Arbitrator and Adjudicator since 2012. He was also admitted to the Kigali International Arbitration Centre “KIAC” Panel of International Arbitrators in 2016.

He attended The Singapore Arbitration Academy in 2014, The Paris Arbitration Academy in 2016, The Hague Academy of private international law in 2017 and The DIFC Academy of Law, Dubai in 2018.

He has been practicing as a private lawyer after he was called to the Bar in England & Wales and Mauritius in 1998 and 1999 respectively. After a couple of years, he joined the Attorney General’s Office as State Counsel, then the Mauritian Judiciary as Senior Presiding Magistrate. In 2012 he joined AIAC as International Case Counsel, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From 2016-2017 he was the Senior Associate of the Temple Group Law firm in Mauritius.

He has been conferred a Doctor of Law (LL.D) Honoris Causa in 2018 and has been awarded an LL.M with Merit in International Dispute Settlement from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (the MIDS) in 2014. He also holds an LL.M with Merit in International Commercial Arbitration & Corporate Law from Queen Mary College, University of London in 2008, topped the Award Writing Examination of that professional body in 2012 and an LL.B(hons) from University of Wales, Cardiff in 1996.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) UK since 2009 and a Fellow (Pioneer Member) of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR), Kuala Lumpur since 2018.

In addition Joy has also presided as an arbitrator for the Pre–Moot to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and has Participated in over 150+ International conferences in Switzerland, UAE, Asia, Africa, Netherland & Europe

Language: English, French & Creole