13 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Itâs a pleasure to join you for what I hope will be the last London International Dispute Week to take place completely virtually. I expect the hybrid model will become important for all of us.
I know just how important this event is becoming to the sector and I am sure that colleagues have benefitted hugely from the programme this year, including my colleague Lord Wolfsonâs session with the Chair of the Bar Council and the President of the Law Society.
There is much we can learn from each other and I am very keen that we make the best use of these opportunities. Take, for instance, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts where the judiciary shares best practice with like-minded jurisdictions. You may have attended the panel earlier in the week presented by this forum, chaired by Lord Thomas and introduced by Mr Justice Robin Knowles, where the future of dispute resolution globally was disc
Mediation bodies seal international alliance in Singapore to improve standards
28 April 2021
Five groups from across globe team up to promote cross-cultural awareness and improve training
Singapore Shutterstock Five international mediation training bodies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Singapore aimed at raising international mediation standards. The group has pledged ‘to develop mediation into a recognised and viable profession’ in a move that builds on the Singapore Convention on Mediation, which came into force last September and which allows for the easier enforcement by national courts of international settlement agreements, much as the New York Convention does for arbitration awards.
ICC Qatar, Crowell & Moring hold webinar on Qatar’s role in resolving disputes
01 Apr 2021 - 8:43
Experts during the webinar.
The Peninsula
The International Chamber of Commerce Qatar (ICC Qatar) and Crowell & Moring held an interactive program on Tuesday on the growing commitment of Qatar and its institutions to mediation and other ADR methods as a means of resolving international disputes.
Titled ‘Qatar’s Role in International Mediation & ADR’, the webinar discussed mediation and other ADR options and polled attendees for their awareness and views regarding the current and future use of ADR in Qatar. Tarek Saad, senior counsel at Crowell & Moring and head of its disputes practice in Doha, led the discussion. Saad also serves as ICC Qatar’s representative to the Paris-based ICC’s Task Force on ADR and Arbitration, which is studying ADR trends all over the world for the development of recommendations for member countries like Qatar.