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European Mediation and ADR Guide published
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) has released its new European Mediation & ADR Guide, designed to …
EU Parliament questionnaire on effective mediation policy
The European Parliament has issued a public questionnaire ('Assessing the Impact of the EU Mediation Directive and Exploring Legislative and …
European Commission publishes report on use of ADR by businesses
The European Commission has recently published the results of a pan-European consultation canvassing views on ADR usage at the business level. …
Italy's Constitutional Court rules mandatory mediation unconstitutional
In an interim statement released by the Court on 26 October, Italy's mandatory four-month mediation process to be undertaken before litigation is …
Spain promotes civil and commercial mediation via collaboration agreement and new Act
On 10 October 2012, a collaboration agreement between Spanish judges and the Chambers of Commerce was signed to foster mediation as an …
German mediation law comes into force
The German mediation bill has long been a source of debate and disagreement between the German Parliament's two chambers. Indeed, …
Update on draft Irish Mediation Bill
The Joint Oireachtas Committee for Justice, Defence and Equality received 16 submissions regarding the draft Mediation Bill, and held public …
New Spanish law on mediation
The Royal Decree-law of 5 March 2012 on civil and commercial mediation was published in the official Spanish journal on the 6 March 2012. With this new …
Ireland publishes draft Mediation Bill
In March 2012 the Ministry of Justice in Ireland published the Scheme of a Mediation Bill following the publication of the draft Mediation Bill by the …
Increased role for mediation in Ireland
In a suite of legislative changes culminating in the Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation and Conciliation) which came into force in October 2010, the …
Russian Mediation Law comes into force
On 1 January 2011, the Federal Law on Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure with the participation of an Intermediary (193-FZ) came into force in …
ECJ issues its opinion in support of Italian mandatory mediation rules
The implementation of new domestic Italian legislation requires parties to engage in mediation as a pre-condition to accessing the Italian courts in many …
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