Rapid change has taken place in China since 1978 when Deng Xiao Ping led plans to re-establish a judiciary and a legal system. Since then, there has been a systematic attempt to legislate in all areas and to create and promote a judiciary and legal profession – now 150,000 strong – for the country’s population [...]
A Directive on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters was adopted today 23 April 2008. The purpose of the Directive is to facilitate access to cross-border dispute resolution and to promote the amicable settlement of disputes by encouraging the use of mediation and by ensuring a sound relationship between mediation and judicial [...]
The Brazilian team prevailed as a winner of the 3rd annual ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition. A team from the FGV Sao Paolo Law School walked away with this year’s top award for the 3rd annual ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition 18 February.
The award followed four days of intense competition , as the [...]
With about 350 arbitration cases / year (mainly in construction matters) Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) is one of the most actives dispute resolution centres of the world. Main areas of activity of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre HKIAC are:
Negotiation: The most common form of dispute resolution is negotiation. By this means alone [...]
Jason Krause, ABA Journal online, wrote a really interesting article about ODR. These are some of the most interesting ideas about it:
- The American Arbitration Association – AAA – says ODR is used in only a small percentage of all cases settled, but it has seen recent growth. In 2006, 3,000 of the 160,000 cases [...]
The International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration is currently considering applications for the position of Deputy General Counsel.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree in law, with admission to practice in at least one jurisdiction of a Member State. A minimum of 9 years of progressively responsible professional legal experience in the practice of law either in [...]
Vacancy in the Permanent Court of Arbitration – Legal Counsel -
E-Arbtitration-T received the notice that the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration is currently considering applications for the position of Legal Counsel.
Qualifications:
Applicants should be native English speakers admitted to practice law in their home jurisdiction with a minimum of five years of work [...]
LexisNexis, a leading provider of business and legal information services, and the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the global leader in conflict management and dispute resolution services, today announced a strategic relationship to deliver a new electronic collection of searchable Labor Arbitration Awards exclusively via the LexisNexis® research services.
A lot of dispute resolution business comes to the UK. Between 6,000 and 8,000 cases find their way here each year for arbitration or other forms of mediation, such as ADR. At least half of this is related to shipping industry disputes, processed in the UK on behalf of Lloyds of London, but there is [...]
Online Dispute Resolution News A Colleague writes “Efforts by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to combat the abusive registration of trademarks as domain names, or cybersquatting, made significant headway in 2003 although the problem persists most notably for high-value brands around the world. Since the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) went into [...]
