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Report on the use of ADR in employment disputes
The Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) has issued a report examining the potential for greater use to be made of ADR in employment disputes. The …
The role of mediation in the resolution of Belt and Road Initiative disputes
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has gained huge momentum of late, with governments, companies and lawyers keen to maximise the many …
CJEU holds that mandatory mediation is not inherently precluded by EU law
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has concluded that national legislation imposing mandatory mediation as a pre-condition to …
Advocate General Opinion on the Consumer ADR Directive and compulsory mediation
In a case referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the Italian courts, an Advocate General opinion has been issued …
Arbitration and ADR in employment disputes
The Employment Lawyers' Association (ELA) has established an Arbitration and ADR Group to consider the level of interest in arbitration to resolve …
The EU Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Platform - an update on timing
It has been confirmed that online businesses will have an extended timeframe in which to comply with new obligations to signpost customers to …
New ADR consumer information obligations apply from today
From today, almost all UK businesses selling goods or services to consumers in the EU need to comply with new requirements to provide consumers with …
Enforcing dispute adjudication board decisions
We reported earlier this year on a spate of recent court decisions in different jurisdictions giving support for the use of dispute adjudication boards …
UK: Supreme Court clarifies time limits for court proceedings following adjudication
We previously reported (here) on the Court of Appeal's decision in Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction …
ADR for consumer disputes: New obligations on UK traders from 1 October 2015
The UK government has now published the principal legislation that will implement the European ADR Directive and the European Online Dispute Resolution …
Upcoming webinar - Making the best use of Dispute Boards
We have previously reported (here) on a recent spate of court decisions in several jurisdictions which examined contractual clauses providing …
Judicial support for dispute adjudication boards
Three separate court decisions in different jurisdictions in recent months have given support to dispute adjudication boards (DABs) as a form …
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