by UWD Admin | Mar 21, 2022 | Mediation
Image credit: SIMC What is the Singapore Convention and why is it important? Since UNCITRAL opened the Singapore Convention on Mediation (“Convention”) for signature on 7 August 2019, there have been 55 signatories and nine countries have ratified the Convention,...
by UWD Admin | Feb 22, 2022 | Mediation
Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses have been used for many years and the jurisprudence has recently accelerated in their development, to better support their proper practical application. Commonly, there is a pre-requisite when a dispute arises to attempt...
by UWD Admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Mediation
One assumes that the parties (both parties) embark upon litigation or arbitration expecting to win – i.e. expecting to succeed with the claim or defence, as the case may be. I make this assumption because I know first hand (having been a partner for many years in a...
by UWD Admin | Dec 20, 2021 | Mediation
Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses have been used for many years now although the jurisprudence has taken time to develop, in order to support their proper practical application. Commonly, there is a pre-requisite when a dispute arises to attempt interparty...
by UWD Admin | Nov 3, 2021 | Mediation
Online or e-dispute resolution has long been a beneficial option for resolving business disagreements, even before the spread of Covid-19. With the current disruption and bans on travel and meetings in many countries, using remote mediation means that companies still...
by UWD Admin | Oct 5, 2021 | Mediation
In what is an interesting development for the English and Welsh Courts, the Civil Justice Council recently reported that the Courts have power to compel alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”). The Courts, under the ‘Overriding Objective’ of the Civil Procedure Rules,...
