Mark Twain once wrote that a person with a new idea “is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
Innovations and new ideas on the verge of implementation seem to arrive almost weekly in international…
Over the past few decades, alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") has become the preferred method of conflict management in the commercial world. Contemporary trends in dispute resolution aim at…
In the past fifteen years, the European Union has displayed a particular interest in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Furthermore, a number of recent initiatives have shown that a general,…
Arbitration has long been the favorite of the ADR family. Mediation, however, has established an increasingly relevant position for itself when it comes to resolving (international) commercial…
The mounting global preoccupation with mediation, reflected in a growing array of institutions, programs, laws and regulations; an international "evangelical" movement; and mounting impetus for an…
The arbitration of patent disputes is on the rise. This is not only because patent litigation has been subject to criticism on multiple grounds, but also because arbitration offers several distinct…
In 2012, Russian art collector Dmitry Rybolovlev acquired a painting made by Amedeo Modigliani, an Italian artist whose work from the early 20th century is regularly sold for record prices, from art…
At the CIARB's London centenary conference earlier this month, the Honourable Chief Justice of Singapore, Sundaresh Menon, cautioned that:
"we should remain mindful that there is no place for…
On 29 April 2014, the French Cour de cassation made a decision on the criteria a multi-tiered dispute resolution clause ("multi-tiered clause") should meet to render claims inadmissible if…
