March 2010

Amec Group vs Thames Water: Adjudication deadlines

Adjudication News / 31 March 2010

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E-Discovery Encounters of the Third-Party Kind

Arbitration News / 30 March 2010

By MARYBETH WILKINSON, a partner in the Chicago office at Lovells with more than a decade of experience in cross-border ADR and arbitration; and JONATHAN GLUSMAN, an associate in the Commercial Litigation and Insurance and Reinsurance practices...

Darling defends credit adjudication service - MicroScope

Adjudication News / 30 March 2010

The Chancellor Alistair Darling has restated his view that a credit adjudication service is one of the best ways to help SMEs get their hands on funds. ......

Neutrality of party-appointed arbitrators: myth or reality?

Arbitration News / 29 March 2010

All arbitrators on a three member tribunal, including those appointed by one side, owe the same duty to both sides to act with impartiality and independence. But is this absolutely true in reality? And how does this duty play out...

Aussie rules govern international moot

Arbitration News / 29 March 2010

THE AUSTRALIAN Centre for Interna­tional Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has proved it is a world leader after its ar­bitration rules were selected as the model rules for the world's largest internation­al commercial arbitration competition. In a...

United Kingdom: Arbitration: Availability of Injunctive Relief Before the Court - CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

Arbitration News / 26 March 2010

In a judgment handed down in December 2009, but with a delayed publication, the Court of Appeal in SAB Miller -v- Tanzania Breweries Ltd and another ([2010] EWCA Civ 1564) considered whether the parties had, by agreement, conferred power on...

Sydney plans new centre of international arbitration

Arbitration News / 26 March 2010

A new centre for international arbitration is set to open in Sydney in response to the rapid increase in cases occurring across the Asia-Pacific region. The Australian International Disputes Centre (AIDC) is due to open in May 2010 and is...

Tube Lines goes to court over £327m row with London Underground

Adjudication News / 24 March 2010

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How the defence went up in smoke

Adjudication News / 19 March 2010

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Sundra Rajoo appointed as director...

CIArb in the Press / 17 March 2010

KUALA LUMPUR: Advocate solicitor and chartered arbitrator Sundra Rajoo was appointed as the fifth director of The Regional Centre for Arbitration Kuala Lumpur (RCAKL) effective from March 1. The former architect and town planner is also a fellow of the...

Rights defender receives award

CIArb in the Press / 12 March 2010

Before the news of her invitation to receive an award from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for being "a woman of courage" this week, Ann Njogu was just one of many activists in town....

CIArb elects new member to Board of Management

CIArb News / 12 March 2010

Michael Cover FCIArb, an Accredited Mediator and Chartered Arbitrator, has joined the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' Board of Management....

Why former Arab mujahideen and Saudi lawyers hold the key to peace in Afghanistan

Mediation News / 10 March 2010

The Guardian 03/10/2010 By Julian Borger S Secret back-channel chats with Taliban leaders point to a willingness to end conflict, says UK David Miliband's call for a major political push towards a peaceful settlement in Afghanistan follows a series of...

Plaintiffs’ lawyers decry med-mal arbitration

Arbitration News / 10 March 2010

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Chadbourne recruits four-lawyer City arbitration team

Arbitration News / 08 March 2010

Chadbourne & Parke has hired international arbitration partner Melanie Willems from Howrey's London office along with three associates. Willems will join the US law firm's international dispute resolution practice in the City having been at Howrey since...

East Africa: What Lessons From Development Bank's Legal Drama in Dar?

Arbitration News / 08 March 2010

Nairobi On the last day of August 2005, a Tanzanian arbitrator awarded a Tanzanian transport company known as Blueline Enterprises Ltd damages in the sum of $61,386,853 against the East African Development Bank. The basis of the company's claim included...

EBRD earmarks $118 million to Armenian banks under multi-bank framework facility ii program

Mediation News / 07 March 2010

YEREVAN, March 5. /ARKA/. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has earmarked $118 million to Armenian banks under Multi-Bank Framework Facility II program. On Thursday, Mike Taylor, the EBRD director on financial institutions of the Central...

Dispute resolution to open flow of work for lawyers

Arbitration News / 05 March 2010

THERE is money being made, and until now Australian lawyers haven’t had their share. But a new dispute resolution centre in Sydney is set to open the floodgates. Commonwealth Attorney General Robert McClelland and NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos...

In Search of Wise Latina Arbitrators

Arbitration News / 04 March 2010

Victoria Pynchon, California arbitrator and prolific blogger at Settle It Now, last week raised the issue of gender diversity among "neutrals" in the Alternative Dispute Resolution world. It is a long, thoughtful, well-supported post, delving fairly...

House Ag Committee Approves Bills

Mediation News / 04 March 2010

Mediation and land management bills head to floor. The House Committee on Agriculture has approved two bills for floor consideration and adopted the annual budget views and estimates letter, which outlines the Committee's budget recommendations for the...

Bank redundancy talks break down

Mediation News / 04 March 2010

The management said it could not continue negotiations while facing a strike threat and asked mediators at the Labour Relations Commission to step in....

City wins global dispute centre

CIArb in the Press / 04 March 2010

Australia: The Australian AN international dispute resolution centre will be established in Sydney...

AIB staff accept big pension changes

Mediation News / 03 March 2010

AIB staff have voted to accept changes to their pension schemes recommended by the independent mediator, Kevin Foley. Members of the Defined Benefit and Hybrid pension schemes in the Republic of Ireland and to the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme in...

Family Law Disputes Over Children Jump 32% vs. January Last Year

Mediation News / 03 March 2010

(PRWeb.com via COMTEX) ----The number of legal disputes over children has jumped 32% in January 2010 compared to January 2009...

Government use of ADR falls – but settlement rate increases

Mediation News / 02 March 2010

The use of alternative dispute resolution by government departments fell last year, though settlement rates increased, a report published by the Ministry of Justice has revealed. In 2008/09 ADR was used in 314 cases, leading to settlement in 259 (82%),...

King lll and dispute resolution

Mediation News / 01 March 2010

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Builders angry at pay ‘abuse’

Adjudication News / 01 March 2010

Scotland’s specialist building trades are suffering a widespread abuse from main contractors withholding payments from sub-contractors and pushing many firms over the edge, it has been claimed. The issue has surfaced after the failure last month of...
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