Tag: court annexed mediation

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28 March 2013

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 …

08 March 2013

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 …

19 December 2012

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 …

05 November 2012

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 …

30 October 2012

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 …

04 October 2012

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 …

13 September 2012

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 …

03 September 2012

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 …

31 August 2012

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] …

07 August 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, …

30 July 2012

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 …

22 July 2012

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 …