…Commercial Arbitration (1985) and the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Mediation and International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (2018). The Commission has discussed, and continues to discuss, the development…
…the 2019 United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the Singapore Mediation Convention), which has been signed by 55 states (as of June 2022). In March 2022,…
…appointments, with only 20% of the appointees being women. AMINZ has also recently launched scholarship programmes focusing on mediation and arbitration, aimed at encouraging diversity and leadership in the…
The General Assembly of the Civil Chambers of Turkish Court of Cassation (“Court”) rendered a controversial decision on 21 December 2021 with No. K.2021/1710 (“Decision”). The Decision provides that, notwithstanding…
The investor-State dispute settlement system (ISDS) is increasingly confronted with disputes related to climate-related measures. Consequently, this fora has been described as the new frontier in climate-change disputes, as tribunals…
…total Respondents stated that the lack of subject-matter expertise of judges impacts litigation costs. 57% of the Respondents noted that mediation is a more cost-effective dispute resolution option than arbitration…
…am mainly in charge of the administration of all the arbitration and mediation cases that we receive. According to the provisions of the Ecuadorian Arbitration and Mediation Act, it is…
…his expertise together with key players in this space, including Margarita Kato (Legal Case Manager, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center), Caroline Le Goffic (Professor of IP and digital law, Lille…
…Alliance on Climate Change). The speakers represented dispute resolution in all its modern forms – arbitration, litigation, and mediation. The speakers boldly addressed the hot topic of climate change and…
…counsel experience in settlement and the resolution of disputes: Settlement and risk management for businesses: an in-house counsel roundtable. The panel asked various questions: Do business use mediation, or arbitration…
…prior mediation procedure conducted under the auspices of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. If the mediation fails, the dispute shall be resolved by arbitration under the auspices of the CHAMBRE ARBITRALE INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS,…
…preserve long-term relationships. For a deeper account of investor-State mediation’s cultural dimension, see this prior post. In the panel’s experience, when BRI parties cannot solve the whole dispute through mediation,…
…mediation and exhaustion of local remedies before a treaty claim can be brought by an investor. Notably, Art. 31.3 precludes the commencement of arbitration proceedings where a competent court renders…
…transition to online proceedings, but emphasizes the environmental benefits, the cost savings, and the positive impact on more diverse participation in arbitration and mediation. The commentary notes that although the…
…equivalent to USD 2,000, both jointly sponsored by Maxwell Chambers and the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil and Canada (CAM-CCBC). The best cross-examiner of…
…court and mediation proceedings. To take a couple of examples of how Singapore’s CFA regime could operate in practice: a ‘No-Win, No-Fee’ CFA could provide for the client to pay…
…Interactive Arbitration Rules 2021). There have also been developments in the JCAA’s mediation rules. In 2020, the JCAA promulgated new Commercial Mediation Rules applicable to domestic arbitration and mediation. The…
On the third day of the Inaugural California International Arbitration Week, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (“SVAMC”) held a webinar on the locus of international disputes. The focus of…
…analysis of periodicals and other publications. These were Arbitration International (associated with the LCIA), Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (CIArb), Asian International Arbitration Journal (SIAC)…
…Panel of Investor-State Mediators. Meg Kinnear (Secretary General of ICSID) noted that the ADGM’s initiative perfectly complements ICSID’s own initiative in introducing Investor-State Mediation Rules, which have been approved by…
…rules as well as updated fact-finding rules. What was the main driver leading to the development of these rules? How do you anticipate that mediation or fact-finding proceedings under these…
…operational at that point. In 2021, it also issued its mediation rules by way of Decision No. 8 of 2021, strengthening the centre’s resolution to resolve commercial disputes between companies,…
…or arbitral proceedings. The Mediation Law governs general procedure for conducting mediation, introduces requirements to mediator, rights and obligations of mediator and parties to mediation. Procedures resembling mediation and out-of-court…
…arbitration). The recommendation to remove prohibitions on ORFSs does not extend to civil litigation, standalone mediation, and court proceedings such as matrimonial and family proceedings. Considering the less sophisticated nature…
