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Herbert Smith Freehills launches Practical Guide to Mediation
In response to client demand, Herbert Smith Freehills has published its A practical guide to mediation. This is a simple guide to the …
UK: further case on enforcement and severability of adjudicator's decision
In its third judgment on severability in 2012 (see earlier cases Working Environments Ltd v Greencoat Construction [2012] EWHC 1039 …
UK tax assurance commissioner publishes new code of governance promoting early resolution of tax disputes
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)'s new code of governance published on 1 November 2012 aims to resolve tax disputes collaboratively and …
Herbert Smith Freehills to host event on improving standards in mediation advocacy
On Thursday 6 December at 6pm, Herbert Smith Freehills' London office will host an event organised by the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates …
English High Court defends successful party's refusal to mediate and declines to impose costs sanctions
In ADS Aerospace Limited v EMS Global Tracking Limited [2012] EWHC 2904 (TCC), Mr Justice Akenhead sitting in the Technology and Construction Court …
UK adjudication: Court of Appeal denies adjudicator his fees in light of breach of natural justice
The Court of Appeal in PC Harrington Contractors Ltd v. Systech International Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1371 has held that where an adjudicator produces a …
Clear wording is needed to constitute a submission to the jurisdiction of an adjudicator to resolve a dispute
In Clarke v JMD [2012] EWHC 2627 (TCC) the court found that the parties had not entered into an ad hoc adjudication, contrary to the …
Herbert Smith Freehills hosts Tax ADR Interest Group
The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is now supporting ADR in the resolution of a wide range of tax disputes. On Monday 22 October Herbert Smith …
Automatic referral to mediation introduced in UK County Court Money Claims Centre from 1 October 2012
The 59th Update to the Civil Procedure Rules came into force on 1 October 2012. Amendments to PD51H (The Mediation Service Pilot …
Scottish court reviews the applicability of natural justice to an adjudicator's decision
An adjudicator's decision will only rarely be challengeable on the ground of inadequate reasons. It would have to be shown that the reasons were so …
Possible reform of public inquiries in UK may include ADR
Interest in public inquiries has peaked recently in the UK with the Leveson inquiry into press standards, the parliamentary inquiry into …
Court of Appeal mediation pilot endorsed in Ghaith v Indesit
The year-long Court of Appeal mediation pilot launched on 2 April 2012 has been endorsed in the recent case of Ghaith v Indesit [2012] …
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