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Mediation within arbitration - a new Med-Arb-Med protocol in Singapore
We recently reported (here) on the official launch of the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) on 5 November …
UK: Adjudicator's decision not enforced due to a party's misrepresentations in the appointment process
In a landmark decision, the Technology and Construction Court has refused to enforce an adjudicator's decision because the adjudicator had been …
New Singapore mediation institute launched
On 5 November, the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) was officially launched by Singapore's Senior Minister for Law and …
UK: Court decision discouraging stays or 'windows' in trial preparation to allow for ADR
One way in which courts commonly encourage and facilitate the use of ADR in the context of litigation is to …
Landmark convention in London produces new data on what corporate users need from ADR
Herbert Smith Freehills was pleased to be the principal sponsor of a major convention held at the London Guildhall on 29 October on ‘Shaping …
A unique interactive convention: Shaping the Future of International Dispute Resolution
A convention being held next month at the Guildhall, London, on Shaping the Future of International Dispute Resolution will bring together an …
Upcoming CEDR financial services event: 'Dialogue with the Regulator'
At a breakfast session on 9 October at Herbert Smith Freehills' London office, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) will …
UK: Latest judgment illustrating the limited scope for challenging an adjudicator's decision
It is well established that the courts will not review the merits of an adjudicator's decision and will only set aside such a decision in the …
Superstorm Sandy litigation ruling on hold pending parallel mediation
By way of update to our previous report on 8 May 2013 , on 12 August 2014 the New York federal court managing the consolidated Superstorm Sandy …
UK: High Court finds that agreement to engage in time-limited 'friendly discussions' is enforceable
The Commercial Court has held that a dispute resolution clause requiring the parties to seek to resolve a dispute by 'friendly discussions' constituted …
New York state court green-lights mandatory mediation pilot programme
As we previously reported (here), the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division (a Manhattan-based division of the state court of first instance that …
Updated CEDR model mediation documents
The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) has for the first time simultaneously updated all of its main model mediation documents and rules. The …
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