ADR Notes

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 …

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative Dispute Resolution publishes report on best practice lessons between Singapore and the UK

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative Dispute Resolution (the “APPG”) has recently published a report titled ‘Securing the UK’s position as a …

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 …

Two recent cases illustrate that belief in a strong case does not justify refusing to engage with ADR

The High Court has imposed indemnity costs in two recent cases (DSN v Blackpool Football Club Ltd [2020] EWHC 670 (QB) and BXB v Watch Tower and …

Post Lomax v Lomax: two recent judgments relating to ADR and the courts

We have previously reported on the Court of Appeal judgment in Lomax v Lomax [2019] EWCA Civ 1467. In the Lomax decision, the Court held that it had the …

Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlement Agreements to enter into force on 12 September 2020