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 […]
The interactive training session will take participants through the different stages of any amicable dispute resolution procedure, such as mediation. After defining the roles of the mediator, parties, and lawyers, participants will work in small groups on a mock case. Each group will be led by a renowned dispute resolution practitioner. A real case study […]
Seventh annual online dispute resolution Cyberweek
The Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts (CITDR) invites you to participate in the seventh annual online dispute resolution Cyberweek.
This is an all-online Web based conference with no fee for participation and registration. A few of the opportunities planned for Cyberweek include:
CEDR, in partnership with CMS, is carrying out research into the varying stages of development of mediation in the EU.
The research project follows the European Commission’s Green Paper on ADR and the subsequent report of the European Parliament. Both the report and the summary of responses to the Green Paper emphasised the need for further […]
The e-Economy has become a wide-ranging phenomenon, cutting across geographical boundaries and industry sectors with the potential to further boost the Internal Market in the form of economic growth, investment, innovation and job creation.
As a follow-up to the eEurope 2005 Action Plan and the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2003 stressing the […]
The European Commission presented on 19 April 2002 a Green Paper on Alternative Dispute Resolution in civil and commercial law.
Many organisations expressed they interest in this Green Paper. Most of they have directly participated in the debate launched by the Green Paper, by submitting comments on it. The European Commission would like to thank them […]
I write and annually update Building Contract Disputes: Practice and Precedents (Sweet & Maxwell, London), which includes chapters on ADR, adjudication and arbitration, and a directory of dispute resolution service providers.
International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution 2003
A. Background and Goal
Last year’s online negotiation competition had 12 teams from 10 schools in six countries. This year interest has been expressed on behalf of about 35 schools in 15 countries in the online arbitration, online mediation and/or online negotiation competitions being held.
The goal of the competitions is […]
Rafael writes that The Independent Housing Ombudsman Scheme (UK) has published its 2002 annual report. The report describes a period of continuing increase in the total volume of complaints (3640, 5.5% more than last year) and a marked rise in the number of cases which required a determination by the Ombudsman (16% more than last […]
Online Dispute Resolution News ODR_Moderator writes “E-Arbitration-T ? have issued a proposal for the Harmonisation of Online Arbitration
This paper aims to be a basic overview of the issues that Online Arbitration raises when dealing with B2B transactions.
Summary of Questions Submitted for Discussion:
Question 1: What is your opinion on the general approach that the EU institutions […]
