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International
Non- or self-administered arbitration is not new, with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules promulgated by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (www.uncitral.org) in 1977 being the best known of the so-called ad hoc rules. Nevertheless, questions about the use of nonadministered rules still abound. This article surveys the top ten questions received on this topic by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (“CPR”), a leading non-profit advocate of the non-administered approach.
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A peace process in Sudan may be hinging on the execution of an arbitration agreement signed last month by the country's government, and its chief opposition. The arbitration agreement covers the fate of a region that has been the scene of intense fighting, countless civilian deaths, and displacement of tens of thousands of people. The arbitration will be heard by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, Netherlands.
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Two observer organizations convince the Uncitral Commission that its Arbitration Working Group needs to incorporate transparency in its investor-state arbitrations.
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Parties now say it’s time for a return to the lower cost alternative that they originally sought, and away from what arbitration has become...
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When your company has a contract issue overseas, you’re in a whole different ballgame. And you’d better be ready to step up to the plate. Because for resolving cross-border contract disputes, international arbitration is really the only game in town—whether that town is Shanghai, Stockholm, Mexico City or Mumbai—and the rules of the game are different from those of both U.S. courts and arbitral panels.
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The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute) hosted its Third Annual European Congress regarding business conflict management on May 10-11 at The Westin Hotel in Paris.
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If the self-administered international arbitration is appropriately designed and competently executed for selected disputes and contracts, it can offer distinct advantages for both counsel and client. The most obvious advantage is the absence of what is often a very substantial alternative dispute resolution (ADR) institutional administrative fee.
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Shakespeare’s Antonio knew what all of today’s merchants and their counsel know all too well: Countries whose livelihood depends upon commerce “of all nations” must offer reliable, consistent and just enforcement of business deals.
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By: Daniel Hays, Mon, Apr 30, 2007, National Underwriter -Summary: Forecast of slated discussion topics for CPR Institute’s Third European Congress on May 10-11, 2007 in Paris. Mediation as means of cutting high litigation costs will be among the featured topics.
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Paul Moss heads up an initiative to study mediation as a viable alternative in reinsurance industry disputes.
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