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Singapore Mediation Centre announces new dispute resolution service
A quick and cheap dispute resolution service was announced on 2 May 2012 by the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC). The SMC is a non-profit …
Tax Disputes team hosts seminar on the use of ADR in tax disputes
On 21 May 2012, the Tax disputes team hosted a client event on "Handling enquiries and avoiding and resolving disputes". Heather Gething, Partner, …
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 …
Court of Appeal defends successful party's refusal to mediate
In a rare move, the Court of Appeal has stepped into the shoes of the trial judge and exercised the court’s discretion on costs, holding that a …
Refusal to mediate and effect on Part 36 costs
In PGF II SA v OMFS Company and another [2012] EWHC 83 (TCC), the High Court ordered that both parties should bear their own costs after expiry …
Lord Justice Jackson emphasises role of ADR in resolving disputes
Lord Justice Jackson has recently strongly endorsed the central role ADR has to play in our civil litigation landscape. A recommendation in his January …
Court of Appeal pilot mediation scheme started April 2012
A new Court of Appeal mediation pilot started on 2 April 2012 and will run for a year. It will be managed by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution …
Regional mediation pilot scheme launched for employment disputes
On 23 January 2012 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced a pilot scheme for two regional mediation networks for small and …
UK Government to introduce automatic referral to ADR in smaller disputes
The government response has been published to its consultation on "Solving disputes in the County Courts: creating a simpler, quicker and more …
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 …
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