…Most notably: • The doctrines of maintenance and champerty (both as crimes and civil torts) no longer apply to arbitration (including emergency arbitrations), mediation and court proceedings envisaged under the…

…had historically rested on a dismissive Live and Let Die approach to such concerns. With increasing support for mediation or forum selection clauses as potentially viable alternatives, however, we should…

Mediation Rules (2012), the ICC Mediation Rules (2014), the ICSID Rules of Procedure for Conciliation Proceedings (2006), the PCA Optional Conciliation Rules (1996), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Mediation Rules…

…raised concerning their application. One question concerned the compatibility of emergency arbitration with pre-arbitral procedures such as cooling-off periods and multi-tiered clauses requiring the parties to engage in mediation, expert…

…in annulment proceedings In Ecuador, pursuant to Article 30 of Arbitration and Mediation Act 1997 (“AMA”) parties to an arbitration only have a statutory right to challenge arbitral awards by…

…asked in this regular conference format, it is quite obvious that their answer may not necessarily be ‘arbitration’. Other developments which make alternatives to arbitration like negotiation or mediation increasingly…

…year, Brazil adopted its first judicial or extra-judicial mediation law, creating a framework for this amicable dispute resolution technique between private entities, public entities or private entities and the public…