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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 …
New Texas Rule for Expedited Civil Actions
In February of 2013, the Supreme Court of Texas issued Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 169, which designs a streamlined and expedited trial process for …
Australia: at what stage is it appropriate for the court to refer cases to ADR?
The types of disputes that are amenable to ADR are of course not unlimited. Judges continue to encourage parties to submit a very wide range of …
Italy's Constitutional Court rules mandatory mediation unconstitutional
In an interim statement released by the Court on 26 October, Italy's mandatory four-month mediation process to be undertaken before litigation is …
Spain promotes civil and commercial mediation via collaboration agreement and new Act
On 10 October 2012, a collaboration agreement between Spanish judges and the Chambers of Commerce was signed to foster mediation as an …
Automatic referral to mediation introduced in UK County Court Money Claims Centre from 1 October 2012
The 59th Update to the Civil Procedure Rules came into force on 1 October 2012. Amendments to PD51H (The Mediation Service Pilot …
Mandatory referrals to mediation likely in New York State commercial cases
A New York State report on reforming litigation has at its heart a mandatory mediation pilot for commercial cases. It is anticipated that 20% of the …
India: mediation successful in 60% of Delhi court actions
A wide reaching study, spanning 2005-2012 has concluded that 60% of disputes heard in the mediation centres affiliated to the four Dehli courts …
Court of Appeal mediation pilot endorsed in Ghaith v Indesit
The year-long Court of Appeal mediation pilot launched on 2 April 2012 has been endorsed in the recent case of Ghaith v Indesit [2012] …
German mediation law comes into force
The German mediation bill has long been a source of debate and disagreement between the German Parliament's two chambers. Indeed, …
Judicial mediation in mainland China explained
With the Chinese courts under increasingly heavy case loads, use of "judicial mediation" continues to be encouraged by all levels of the Chinese courts …
Surge in use of ADR to resolve disputes in Ghana
Statistics issued by the Court Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre show that between 2007 and 2011 out of 16,080 disputes around …
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