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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...

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...

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...

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...

Nearly 15 years ago the International Maritime Conciliation and Mediation (the IMCAM Panel) was founded in London, October 2006.I was honoured to chair the founding committee and to stand as its first President.A perspective can be drawn from the distance now in...

Climate change has hit the headlines in the UK and Europe this summer, not to mention other parts of the world, because of the serious number of deaths caused by flooding, fires, heatwaves, and the exceptional rise in sea levels. As the...

Jonathan Lux was proud to participate in this seminar held by the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators and ably chaired by the Master of the Company, Margaret Bickford-Smith QC with Lee Wai Pong of Singapore as co-panellist. This important...

History As I write this year’s Introduction, part of the world is still in lockdown due to covid-19 and that gives rise to certain special considerations, which will be discussed below. Mediation is the most popular of a range of dispute...