The Court of Appeal has held that the court has power to order an early neutral evaluation (ENE) by a judge even where one or more parties do not consent to that course. There was no reason to imply into the relevant rule giving the court power to order ENE any limitation based on the … Read more

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) is inviting interested parties in the UK and US to take part in its Mediation Audit 2018.   The audit, run in conjunction with the Civil Mediation Council and International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), is the eighth audit that CEDR has conducted over the last 16 years.  The surveys are a … Read more

At a launch on 24 November 2016, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) released updates for all of its main model mediation documents and rules. The updated documents are available on the CEDR website here (requiring free registration), including: ADR contract clauses ADR Notice Mediation Procedure Mediation Agreement Settlement Agreement / Tomlin Order Code of Conduct for Third-party … Read more

As we look forward to convening in Singapore on 17/18 March at the inaugural Global Pound Conference, the World Bank Group's flagship report Doing Business 2016 has found Singapore to be the best jurisdiction worldwide on its quality of judicial processes index. The report cites Singapore as having the shortest time recorded worldwide for resolving a commercial dispute through the … Read more