November 2009 : News : CIArb

Greenberg, AIG Bury Hatchet

Mediation News / 30 November 2009

American International Group Inc. and a former chairman, Maurice Greenberg, say they have agreed to settle all outstanding disagreements. AIG, New York, (NYSE:AIG) have been locked in a bitter battle since 2005, when Greenberg left the company in the...

Bahamas appoints new attorney general

CIArb in the Press / 30 November 2009

Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Sunday announced the appointment of John Delaney as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs. The Prime Minister also announced the appointment of Delaney to the Senate. Delaney will be sworn in by...

Treasury Presses Banks for Mortgage Relief

Mediation News / 30 November 2009

The Obama administration said Monday that it would increase the pressure on banks to help troubled homeowners permanently lower mortgage payments, The New York Times’s Peter S. Goodman reports. The Treasury Department said that mortgage servicers would...

Nokia Siemens Networks to enter energy sector

Mediation News / 30 November 2009

Telecommunications equipment supplier has announced plans to expand its business into the energy sector. 'In early 2008 we made a strategic decision to focus more on cash flow and profitability than on market share. Now it's time to give it...

Ghana: Double Efforts to Transform Economy, Governor Tells Banks

Mediation News / 30 November 2009

Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, Governor of Bank of Ghana (BoG), has challenged banks to double efforts in order to serve as financial mediators in transforming the economy for the better. He also called on the financial institutions to reorient their...

Cutting 2/3rd undertrial cases By mid-2010

CIArb in the Press / 29 November 2009

New Delhi, Nov 27 : A move to cut two thirds of undertrial cases by the middle of next year has been announced by Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily. The announcement may mean freedom for many of close...

Merkel says 'critical' need for German bank lending

Mediation News / 29 November 2009

Her government will name a mediator who will work to help businesses obtain financing from banks, she said, adding she hoped the country's 16 regional states would do the same....

Can politics and religion really mix? The Tony Curtis Debate

CIArb News / 27 November 2009

The old saying is that politics and religion don't mix. But what about if mediation is added in - can it help to resolve complex political and religious conflicts?...

CIArb: London arbitrators push further into India

CIArb in the Press / 27 November 2009

The London Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) set up its India chapter in Delhi yesterday, following the Delhi High Court setting up an arbitration cell last week and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) move to Delhi....

ACORB joins Association of Regional Banks of Russia

Mediation News / 27 November 2009

UFA, November 27 (Itar-Tass) - The Association of Regional Banks of Russia (Rossiya) and Association of Credit Organisations of the Republic of Bashkortostan (ACORB) signed an agreement on cooperation here on Friday. ACORB joined the Rossiya (Russia)...

ASIC to pay legal costs in One-Tel debacle

Mediation News / 27 November 2009

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Legal action launched against Ventana Gold Corp. to invalidate options agreement

Arbitration News / 27 November 2009

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Ventana Gold Corp. (TSX:VEN) said Thursday the owner of a gold mine in Columbia has launched legal action in an attempt to invalidate an option agreement for Ventana's subsidiary CVS Explorations Ltda. to buy the mine. Sociedad...

Train to drive IStructE

CIArb in the Press / 26 November 2009

Norman Train, of Train and Kemp Consulting Engineers, will become the 90th President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in January 2010. The inauguration will take place on 15th January at the Institution’s head office in Belgravia, followed by...

Talks on fixed fees for fast-track cases fail

Mediation News / 26 November 2009

A bid to fix the level of legal fees paid for all ‘fast-track’ cases has failed, the Gazette can reveal. The deadline for a mediation process conducted by the Civil Justice Council, which attempted to reach a deal between insurers...

India to become International Arbitration hub: Moily

Arbitration News / 26 November 2009

A day after the country's first mediation centre was inaugurated, the government on Thursday said that India would become a hub of International Arbitration in the next five years....

Rural tradition influences specialist mediation service for farming sector

CIArb in the Press / 26 November 2009

AN old rural custom has been turned into a new specialist mediation and arbitration service for the farming and rural sectors. There was always a person in practically every rural district in the past with knowledge of the law, money...

Lawyer belittles former judge for arbitration ruling

Arbitration News / 26 November 2009

The letter to former federal magistrate judge Cleve Gambill virtually screamed in anger. “Your allocation of damages was a bad joke,” David Pedley complained about Gambill's $1.3 million arbitration award against Pedley's former law firm, Pedley...

The broker’s fight for fair treatment

Mediation News / 25 November 2009

Issue 26-11-2009 By Victoria Madine The FSA has confirmed that it will review the FSCS’s funding structure. With liabilities to be covered that include a £14bn loan, we find out what’s at stake for brokers For months, a war of...

Verdict of $1,637,000 for OB/GYN Medical Malpractice Claim

Arbitration News / 25 November 2009

Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers Sheldon Erlich and Jeffrey Cook from Erlich, Rosen, Bartnick & Cook, P.C., received a $1,637,000 binding arbitration award in a medical malpractice claim involving both an OB/GYN as well as the nursing staff at a Detroit...

SeaFrance to seek legal protection if mediation talks fail

Mediation News / 24 November 2009

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Lovells and Tanfield Chambers launch arbitration internship

Arbitration News / 24 November 2009

Under the programme, two students will have the opportunity to work in the international arbitration team of Lovells and the international disputes team of Tanfield Chambers in a bid to gain a “hands on experience” of complex cases to support...

The Arbitration Revolution* Goes On: JP Morgan Ends It

Arbitration News / 23 November 2009

* Let’s say this up front: It’s probably too soon to call the arbitration backlash a revolution, though it could someday soon justify the term. The latest news: J.P. Morgan Chase, which has for months been giving consideration to dropping...

Mauritius stands tall as it launches branch

CIArb News / 23 November 2009

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How I plan to tackle the cowboy builders

Adjudication News / 23 November 2009

The woman was in great distress. Having paid out thousands of pounds, she told me last week that she could not get builders to complete the improvements to her house or correct shoddy work. In fact, she is relatively lucky....

Scotland's legal eagles aim to attract work from south of border

Arbitration News / 23 November 2009

SCOTLAND will soon be competing with London as a centre for international corporate arbitration...

The role of the project controller

CIArb in the Press / 21 November 2009

Most professionals agree that project management skills can be divided into two basic components, commonly referred to as the skill and the knowledge of project management. A major segment of the project manager's work deals with the skill, or leadership...

Men and Women Behind Draft Law

CIArb in the Press / 17 November 2009

Nairobi — Nzamba Kitonga, 53, is the chairman of the Committee of Experts. He served as a Council Member on the International Bar Association from 1997 to 2003 and Chairman of the Law Society between 1997 and 1999. In 2003,...

Alexander Lecture comes up stumps in 35th anniversary year

CIArb News / 13 November 2009

CIArb celebrated the 35th year anniversary of its most prestigious event - the Alexander Lecture, this week, with the presentation of its 2009 Alexander Lecture....

CIArb launches new benefits for members

CIArb News / 10 November 2009

CIArb has introduced a range of excellent new benefits for UK members, through its CIArb Advantage scheme....

Meriden, CT, Attorney Receives Arbitration Panel Appointment Certificate

CIArb in the Press / 09 November 2009

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London recently granted Houston Putnam Lowry a Panel Appointment 'Certificate' - its highest rating for an arbitrator - effective through April 30, 2014. Meriden, CT (PRWEB) November 8, 2009 -- The Chartered...

Milcris inks strategic deal with Seven Seas

CIArb in the Press / 08 November 2009

MUSCAT — Milcris, a chartered quantity surveying company, yesterday announced the opening of their branch office in the Sultanate of Oman for the provision of cost consultancy services, quantity surveying, and industrial and technical consultancies....

Meriden, CT, Attorney Receives Arbitration Panel Appointment

CIArb in the Press / 08 November 2009

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London recently granted Houston Putnam Lowry a Panel Appointment "Certificate" - its highest rating for an arbitrator - effective through April 30, 2014....

‘Civil yins’ make the most of Scots Law with mediation event

CIArb in the Press / 06 November 2009

RGU News Article Date Posted: 03-Nov-2009 Valid Until: 03-Dec-2009 Legal eagles are set to converge at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, on Thursday 12 November to investigate the pros and cons of dealing with legal disputes outside the courtroom. The...