ADR

Reasons (for claimants) to be cheerful: Donny Surtani assesses the past year in international arbitration

A report by Jus Mundi, the search engine for international law and arbitration, has revealed the growing importance of arbitration in international construction in the past two years.

Charlotte Bijlani and Soraya Corm-Bakhos chart the arbitration landscape in Dubai and the changes made by Decree 34

The Law Commission is to launch a major review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the principal legislation governing arbitrations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Hannah Gumbrill-Ward shares the pros & cons of the use of arbitration in family proceedings

Norman Hartnell discusses the current delays in court & how mediation could help relieve the situation

NLJ shines a spotlight on dispute resolution in family cases this week, with a double helping of writing on the topic

Solicitor and CEDR mediator Tony Allen concludes his four-part series on the future of litigation, in this week’s NLJ. The dynamics of dispute resolution are changing, with the focus firmly on resolution rather than litigation, but could the courts, post-Halsey, have the power to order parties to attend mediation or some other form of dispute resolution?

Tony Allen ends his series on the future of dispute resolution—depicting a post Halsey world where judges can order (A)DR prospectively & costs sanctions take a back seat

Parties brave (or foolhardy) enough to reject mediation who get their risk assessment wrong are extremely likely to face tough sanctions, as Tony Allen explains