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Developments in International Commercial Mediation: US, UK, Asia, India and EU
By Beth Graham - December 17, 2015
Danny McFadden, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Director of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”), and Managing Director of CEDR Asia Pacific, has published “Developments in International Commercial Mediation: US, UK, Asia, India and EU,” Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 299-336, November 2015.
The Chartered Institute for Arbitrators (CIArb) Creates New Trustee Position for Europe
By Victoria VanBuren - January 17, 2013
Elections were held in autumn 2012 to appoint six CIArb Trustees, effective from 01 January 2013. The elections followed the approval of a new Bye-Law, reducing the number of Trustees for Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland and Channel Islands) from six to five, with one new Trustee representing mainland Europe for the first time in the Institute’s history. The new Trustee for continental Europe was announced as Dr Axel Reeg MCIArb, past Chai
GUEST-POST | Survey on Current and Preferred Practices in Arbitration
By Victoria VanBuren - October 4, 2012
by Michael McIlwrath The new international survey on arbitral practices has just been released. This iteration (the 4th), conducted by the School of International Arbitration of Queen Mary University and White & Case, captured responses from 710 in-house counsel, external counsel specialists, and arbitrators. It sought to answer these questions: to what extent are truly harmonized practices emerging in international arbitration? And if such p
GUEST-POST | Response to ‘Stuck in Arbitration’
By Victoria VanBuren - March 13, 2012
By Michael McIlwrath On March 6, 2012, the New York Times published an Op-Ed article by Prof. Amalia D. Kessler of Stanford Law School criticizing obligatory arbitration for denying access to justice, especially in the context of consumer and employment law disputes. Here in Europe, arbitration generally cannot be made into an obligatory process for many types of disputes as it is in the United States. In Italy, for example (and it’s the same in
South Texas College Wins ICC Mediation Competition
By Victoria VanBuren - February 15, 2012
A team from South Texas College of Law has won the this year’s ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, on February 8, 2012. A total of 66 teams from 32 countries participated in the competition, which included teams from Brazil, Singapore, the U.S., and Australia. Find the ICC press release here. Join us in congratulating the South Texas College of Law team!
GUEST-POST | From Rome to Delhi: Indian Lawyers Take Their Turn at Defending Slow Justice
By Victoria VanBuren - June 2, 2011
by Michael McIlwrath Earlier this year, Italian lawyers went on strike to protest the country’s introduction of a law imposing a requirement to attempt settlement through mediation as a precondition to proceeding to litigate in court. Perhaps not wanting to be outdone by their European brethren, the Association of Indian Lawyers (AIL) has filed suit in the High Court of Delhi to thwart an innovate effort to provide parties with an alternative to
Singapore International Arbitration Centre Releases its Revised Arbitration Rules
By Victoria VanBuren - August 10, 2010
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) released its new arbitration rules which took effect on July 1, 2010. The new rules bring the SIAC more in line with the rules at other arbitral institutions. Among the new features are the availability of an expedited procedure when the amount in dispute does not exceed $5 million, when the parties agree, or in cases of exceptional urgency. The rules also provide for the ability to appoint an
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