The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a public consultation on Increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system. It has also given an indication that the government intends for the UK to sign and ratify the Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlements. The consultation issues The consultation document seeks views on two distinct … Read more

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) has released an investor-state Mediation Guide to assist lawyers and users of investor-state mediation with the process. HSF Partner Andrew Cannon, a member of CEDR’s advisory group of leading practitioners, contributed to the Guide. There have been a number of mediation-focused initiatives in the field of investor-state disputes … Read more

The Ministry of Justice has published a Report summarising the responses it received to a Call for Evidence it issued in August last year. Although entitled a Call for Evidence on Dispute Resolution in England and Wales, the document was in fact focused on methods of resolving disputes apart from litigation –  including mediation, conciliation, … Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills is hosting a special in-person event in London to celebrate the launch of our updated Guide to Dispute Resolution in Africa (3rd Edition). We are delighted to invite you to join us. Read more

On 15 June 2021, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes released its latest working paper as part of its Rules Amendment Project. In addition to proposing changes to the ICSID Convention and ICSID Additional Facility arbitration and conciliation, as covered in an earlier blog post, Working Paper 5 also refines the proposed … Read more

The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) of the American Arbitration Association has released its revised Arbitration and Mediation Rules, which came into force on 1 March 2021 (the 2021 ICDR Rules). The new rules will apply to any arbitration or mediation commenced after that date unless agreed otherwise. Read more

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative Dispute Resolution (the “APPG”) has recently published a report titled ‘Securing the UK’s position as a global disputes hub: Best practice lessons between Singapore and the UK’ (the “Report). The Report follows from the APPG’s fact-finding visit to Singapore, in which it aimed to learn how Singapore has established … Read more

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) is inviting interested parties in the UK to take part in its Mediation Audit 2020. Read more