ADR Notes

New Swiss Rules of Mediation

The Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution has announced the release of revised Swiss Rules of Mediation, which entered into force on 1 July 2019. The …

High Court finds parties agreed to vary application of “without prejudice” rule in subsequent “without prejudice save as to costs” correspondence

The High Court has held that correspondence marked "without prejudice save as to costs" and which described the conduct of prior "without prejudice" (WP) …

Mixed-mode dispute resolution: China's Belt and Road is driving change

Brexit: UK unwinds implementation of EU ADR laws

ADR for employment lawyers: lessons from the Civil Justice Council?

Peter Frost, Partner in our London office, has published a post on our Employment Notes blog reviewing the current and potential use of ADR in employment …

Article published – Discussing settlement options: minding the gap between litigation privilege and the without prejudice rule

Hong Kong: Third party funding for mediation delayed

Hong Kong has published its long-awaited Code of Practice for third party funders and announced that amendments to the Arbitration Ordinance, which …

UK: Civil Justice Council report on ADR calls for review of Halsey guidelines but stops short of recommending mandatory mediation

Jan O’NeillProfessional Support Lawyer, London   The Civil Justice Council's ADR working group has released its final report on ADR and Civil …

A new international Convention for the enforcement of mediated settlements

Singapore Convention on enforcement of mediated settlement agreements published

Further to our earlier post, the Singapore Convention has now been published. It will be signed in Singapore on 7 August 2019 and will come into effect …

UK commercial mediation market grows 20% - CEDR mediation audit results published

Jan O'NeillProfessional Support Lawyer, London   The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) has released the results of its Mediation …

New convention on the enforcement of mediation settlement agreements approved

On 26 June, at the 51st session of UNCITRAL, final drafts for a Convention on the Enforcement of Mediation Settlements and corresponding Model Law were …