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 power to order an early neutral evaluation (ENE) even where one or more parties did not consent to that course. At the time we observed, among … Read more
From 12 September 2020, all international settlement agreements resulting from mediation will potentially be able to be enforced under the new Singapore Convention, regardless of where in the world the mediation took place. Article 14 of the Singapore Convention provides that it will enter into force six months after three signatory states have ratified it … Read more
Yesterday, on 25 February 2020, Singapore and Fiji became the first two countries to deposit at the United Nations Headquarters their instruments of ratification of the Singapore Convention, more formally known as the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. Singapore and Fiji have taken an important step towards bringing the Singapore … Read more
Further to our previous posts of 21 January (available here) and 27 January (available here), the IMI has now released the eighth and final report arising out of the 2016-2017 GPC series. The GPC North America report is available for download here. Read more
At a launch event on 29 January 2020, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) released updates to its ADR and mediation documents. Read more
The International Mediation Institute (IMI) has announced that it is publishing a suite of eight reports based on the 2016-2017 Global Pound Conference (GPC) events organised in North America. The suite consists of seven city-specific reports (one for each North American city that hosted a GPC), and an overarching report comparing results from across these … Read more
It has been reported that the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has established a Judicial ADR Liaison Committee (the Committee). The formation of the Committee was one of several recommendations made by the CJC’s ADR Working Group in its November 2018 ADR and Civil Justice Report (the Report) considering various ways to encourage the use of … Read more
The Scottish government has recently issued a publication on its plans to reform the use of mediation in the Scottish civil justice system. In the publication, the government expresses its intention to establish a ‘Scottish Dispute Resolution Delivery Group’ that will meet in early 2020 to develop and shape an “evidence-based package of reform” relating … Read more
Jan O’Neill Professional Support Lawyer, London The UK Government has published legislation to effectively revoke the implementation of the EU Mediation Directive (2008/52/EC) after Brexit. The Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) were made on 1 March 2019 and will come into effect on exit day, whenever that occurs. Why? The development … Read more
