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 […]
Labor disputes arbitration in China
China’s top legislature started to read the draft law on labor dispute mediation and arbitration amid an increasing number of labor disputes that emerged in the country. The draft law was submitted Sunday to the seven-day 29th session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), or China’s top […]
International Dispute Resolution in United Kingdom UK
World of Arbitration In a civilised society, citizens look to the courts to settle their disputes. The courts put judges at the disposal of the parties, the courts determine the substantive and procedural law which is to be applied and the courts enforce their own orders through court officers, […]
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 […]
Settling e-Commerce Disputes by Giuseppe Leone
Despite the dot.com bust, the future of Internet commerce (e-commerce) still looks rosy. According to recent studies, it is now projected that by 2005 one billion people will be on the Internet and at least one third will make online purchases. What is even more remarkable is that this huge, […]
