High Court refuses to stay proceedings commenced in breach of valid ADR clause

Contractual clauses requiring ADR before litigation – what happens when they are breached?

Updated 2020 CEDR ADR and mediation documents

At a launch event on 29 January 2020, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) released updates to its ADR and mediation documents. In a press …

Podcast: How arbitration and ADR can be used together

In this short podcast Professional Support Consultants Hannah Ambrose and Vanessa Naish look at how Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) …

ADR Practical Guide No. 6: Use of Mediation with Arbitration

We are pleased to launch the sixth guide in our series of ADR Practical Guides, designed to provide clients with essential practical guidance on …

UK: High Court finds that agreement to engage in time-limited 'friendly discussions' is enforceable

The Commercial Court has held that a dispute resolution clause requiring the parties to seek to resolve a dispute by 'friendly discussions' constituted …