CIArb News

In an exclusive interview, CIArb's new president Jeffrey Elkinson talks about the challenges ahead and what he hopes to achieve during his presidency.

As my Presidential year draws to a close I would like to update members on the events of the year.

IDRS Ltd, one of the UK's leading dispute resolution service providers, has been sold by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) on 8 November 2011. IDRS Ltd administers a range of schemes...

Compulsory mediation of civil disputes and mediation of criminal cases could be introduced in the UK by 2020, a High Court judge has suggested.

Leading legal academic Professor Dame Hazel Genn DBE QC has argued that the UK government's current drive to get parties to go to mediation instead of court litigation is diverting attention away from the government's cut back of resources for the civil justice system.

Doug Jones AM FCIArb, President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), has highlighted the need for arbitrators to draw on a 'toolkit of processes' in order to control the rising costs of international arbitration.

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) today announces the forthcoming retirement of their Director General since February 2006, Michael Forbes Smith.

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has announced that the Rt Hon Lord Dyson, Justice of the Supreme Court of the UK and formerly a leading practitioner in international commercial arbitration, will be the after dinner speaker at CIArb's annual Gala Dinner in London on Tuesday 27 September.

CIArb is pleased to announce that nominations have now been received in respect of the Trustee ballots to be held in September 2011.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal in the landmark case of Jivraj v Hashwani on the grounds that an arbitrator is not an employee for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003.

Experts in the field of international arbitration from across the world will join forces to explore ways of reducing the costs of international arbitration at a major conference in September organised by CIArb .

CIArb is looking for dispute resolution professionals who are not currently CIArb members to take part in a telephone interview.

CIArb is calling on all lawyers and arbitrators working in the field of international arbitration to take part in a major Costs survey ahead of the deadline on 24 June.

A key figure in a recent British inquiry into the Iraq War will be speaking at an ADR conference in Sydney this week.

Invitation to arbitrators to participate in the Eighth Annual Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot....

This month sees several prestigious appointments for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). Leading international arbitrator Doug Jones AM FCIArb takes up his appointment as CIArb President and John Wright FCIArb, a solicitor and construction disputes specialist, becomes Chairman of...

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) today launches a major survey into the costs of international arbitration. The 'Costs of Arbitration' survey will gather data to inform parties, legal representatives and arbitrators about the overall costs of international commercial arbitration...

All mediators should be subject to a code of professional conduct enforced by a disciplinary procedure, but the profession should not be regulated through legislation, according to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)....

An update on the EGM held at Bloomsbury Square on 27 October....

Six new trustees have been elected from four regions to serve on CIArb's Board of Trustees from January 2011. In addition, John Wright FCIArb has been elected by the trustees to serve as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from...