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CIArb makes Roebuck Lecture free to all

02 June 2020
Issue: 7889 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , ADR
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The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the world's leading professional body for the promotion of alternative dispute resolution, is running a free of charge event for the whole ADR (alternative dispute resolution) community

It will host the Roebuck Lecture 2020 online, on 11 June at 17:50-19:30 BST, delivered by Cherie Blair QC on the subject, ‘Getting ahead of the curve: how arbitration can better meet the needs of parties, people and planet’.

Catherine Dixon, CIArb director general will give the welcome address, and Francis Xavier SC, CIArb president will provide closing remarks. There will also be a Q&A.

In light of the current global pandemic, CIArb is making online viewing of this lecture accessible to the whole ADR community worldwide, on the night of the event, free of charge. Pre-registration is essential for attendance. Book before 10 June at: ciarb.org/events/roebuck-lecture-2020.

Issue: 7889 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , ADR
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