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Mediation Ordinance enacted in Hong Kong giving effect to earlier Mediation Bill
On 22 June 2012, the Mediation Ordinance (the Ordinance) was enacted in Hong Kong. It will come into force when the Secretary for Justice publishes …
Regional Mediation Training Scheme for employment disputes launched in Cambridge and Manchester
On 21 June 2012 the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced that Consensio, a member of the Civil Mediation Council (CMC), will …
Hong Kong Financial Dispute Resolution Centre (FDRC) opens
On 19 June 2012 the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre opened to assist financial institutions and their clients to resolve monetary disputes …
HMRC embraces ADR in relation to full gamut of tax disputes
The UK's HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is now supporting ADR in the resolution of a wide range of tax disputes. ADR trials are live in relation to …
Court of Appeal finds mediation clause in insurance contract did not give rise to a binding obligation
In Sulamerica CIA Nacional de Seugros S.A. v Enesa Enenharia S.A. [2012] EWCA Civ 638 the English Court of Appeal was asked …
Update on draft Irish Mediation Bill
The Joint Oireachtas Committee for Justice, Defence and Equality received 16 submissions regarding the draft Mediation Bill, and held public …
Mediation in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
The DIFC Courts have their own rules regarding ADR, found in Part 27 of the Rules of the DIFC Court (“RDC”), which are modelled on the English …
New Spanish law on mediation
The Royal Decree-law of 5 March 2012 on civil and commercial mediation was published in the official Spanish journal on the 6 March 2012. With this new …
Ireland publishes draft Mediation Bill
In March 2012 the Ministry of Justice in Ireland published the Scheme of a Mediation Bill following the publication of the draft Mediation Bill by the …
Mediation holds steady in the USA
A recent survey of general counsel and senior lawyers at Fortune 1000 corporations has found that arbitration usage is in decline whilst mediation is …
Court of Appeal criticises failure of disputing neighbours to mediate
Faidi v Elliott Corp [2012] EWCA Civ 287 concerned noise between neighbouring flats in London. The Court of Appeal found that such disputes are much …
Closure of the national Mediation Helpline telephone service
From 1 October 2011, an online civil mediation directory replaced the National Mediation Helpline. The Ministry of Justice announcement can be viewed …
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