ADR Notes

2021 Amendments to the ICDR Arbitration and Mediation Rules: a Response to Evolving Practice

The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) of the American Arbitration Association has released its revised Arbitration and Mediation …

Upcoming Webinar: Mediation in Arbitration

On Thursday 18 March 2021 at 10.45 am (GMT) speakers from Herbert Smith Freehills will join the panel for a live London Chamber of Arbitration and …

Mediation in Arbitration Podcast: The Profile of Mediation in Arbitration

We are pleased to share this Mediation in Arbitration podcast, in which Craig Tevendale, Chris Parker and Rebecca Warder discuss the results of the …

Mediation in Arbitration: Insights from the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation/Herbert Smith Freehills Survey

LCAM/HSF Mediation in Arbitration Survey: Initial Results

The Mediation in Arbitration Survey is now closed and we are very grateful to the more than 50 mediators who have shared their experience with Herbert …

UK: CEDR launches ninth biennial Mediation Audit

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) is inviting interested parties in the UK to take part in its Mediation Audit 2020. This is the ninth …

LCAM/HSF Mediation in Arbitration Survey

Herbert Smith Freehills is joining with the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation to conduct a new Mediation in Arbitration Survey. The survey …

Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlement Agreements comes into force tomorrow, 12 September 2020

Tomorrow marks an important day for international dispute resolution as the Singapore Mediation Convention comes into force, just over a year after its …

Ghana becomes the 53rd country to sign the Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlement Agreements

On 22 July 2020, the Republic of Ghana became the 53rd country to sign the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting …

High Court finds “without prejudice” statements contained in mediation paper were admissible to defend against allegation of fraud

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry launches new dispute resolution service London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation

The High Court disallows a substantial proportion of a successful defendant’s costs on the basis of an unreasonable refusal to mediate

In Wales (t/a Selective Investment Services) v CBRE Managed Services Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 1050 (Comm) (30 April 2020) (Wales), the High Court (the …