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CIArb launches specialist property disputes service in the UK
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has launched its Property Disputes Appointments Service (PDS) in the UK. This service builds upon …
Improving consumer protection on a European level
Consumer rights have received further support with the announcement that the UK will adopt the proposed Directive on Alternative Dispute …
Super Storm Sandy: New York's Mediation Program Commences
In the wake of Super Storm Sandy, which caused devastation to parts of New York and surrounding areas on 29 October 2012, the New York Department of …
Alternative dispute resolution in Africa (Part 4)
Further to our previous three posts (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) on the use of ADR in Africa we now feature in part 4 the responses from Liberia, Libya, …
UK: Jackson ADR Handbook published
The publication today by OUP of the "Jackson ADR Handbook" (the Handbook) forms part of the suite of measures introduced earlier this month to …
UK: Adjudicator has jurisdiction despite concurrent referrals and late service of referral notice
The UK High Court has ruled that an adjudicator had jurisdiction to make two decisions despite the fact that the responding party (Newlon) did not …
Scotland: Court of Session refuses to enforce adjudicator's award on human rights grounds
In an unexpected judgment, the Scottish courts have refused to enforce an adjudicator's decision on the grounds that to do so would be an unjustified …
International Mediation Institute publishes survey results on in-house counsel's attitudes to mediation
The International Mediation Institute (IMI), a body which develops global professional standards for those involved in collaborative dispute …
Alternative dispute resolution in Africa (Part 3)
Further to our previous two posts (Part 1 and Part 2) on the use of ADR in Africa we now feature in part 3 the responses from Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, …
Alternative dispute resolution in Africa (Part 2)
Further to our previous post on the use of ADR in Africa we now feature in part 2 the responses from Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African …
English Court of Appeal suggests a rethink of the prohibition on court-ordered compulsory mediation
In a withering attack on what he terms "the emasculation of legal aid" and the inevitable increase in unrepresented litigants in the English courts, Lord …
Herbert Smith Freehills launches ground-breaking Guide to Dispute Resolution in Africa
On 19 March 2013, at a seminar in London attended by over 150 delegates, specialists from across our award-winning Africa practice addressed latest …
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