CIArb London Branch
MINUTES OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday 28th April 2010 (6.15pm)
The Oxford and Cambridge Club, 71 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HD.
1. Attendance and Apologies for absence.
68 members registered to attend; approximately 49 attended. 17 apologies for absence were received from Bruce Leahy, Andrew Cox, Matthew Dando, Jackie Elliman, David Ellwood, Michael Forbes-Smith, Lord Hacking, Richard Honey, Sophie Lamb, Sally Marsden, Peter McNamara...
Around 80 members attended London Branch's evening seminar on Expert Evidence: Current Issues on 13th October in the historic former banking hall at Quadrant Chambers. The speakers were Philip Newman and Michael Cohen.
Philip, a former vice chairman and deputy chairman of the Academy of Experts, is a barrister specialising in contract and commercial disputes, professional negligence, and disciplinary and regulatory work encompassing a wide range of different professions....
The London Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators likes to think that it is at the cutting edge of progress. Ms Irvinder Bakshi, the Branch's inestimable Hon Secretary, suggested that the Branch hold an evening seminar on international arbitration where all the panel speakers were women and the panel itself was chaired by a woman, and the suggestion was enthusiastically endorsed by the mainly male committee. Nobody joked about Amazon women and the one male member who recalled...
On 20th January 2009 a well-attended meeting, members of London Branch met at Landmark Chambers, London, to discuss the proposed CMC registration scheme. Stephen Bickford Smith chaired the meeting. Paul Rose, the branch PRO, a chartered surveyor and an experienced mediator, introduced the subject by setting out the main features of the scheme, and drawing attention to the terms of the documents and the address by Sir Henry Brooke. Dr Mark Hoyle was also on the panel leading the discussion....
A report from Hew Dundas
On 2nd July the London Branch held a well-attended seminar Mediation: International Perspectives†featuring top speakers with substantial experience of "international mediation" including Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Scotland, Slovenia and the USA. The underlying theme was that while London is playing a leading role in spreading the mediation message internationally, we here in London have much to...
Note by Anthony Connerty on a reception at the Houses of Parliament to launch the IDR GROUP
The Director General of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Michael Forbes Smith, and Allan Connarty, the Managing Director of IDRS, were amongst the distinguished guests who attended a Reception held in the Houses of Parliament on 30 April to mark the launch of The IDR Group.
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland of Ashtal QC, was the Guest Speaker...
London Branch Committee member, barrister Anthony Connerty has recently published a "Manual of International Dispute Resolution". The Manual is published by the Commonwealth Secretariat in Pall Mall, London. Information on the Manual and its purchase can be seen on http://publications.thecommonwealth.org/a-manual-of-international-dispute-resolution-414...
Hew Dundas, President of the CIArb reports on the 2007 Annual Mediation Seminar
The Art, Science and Practice of Mediation have developed dramatically since the first of these Seminars and, in addition, mediation is becoming more ingrained in the British way of life, whether in the commercial sector or otherwise (including the family, neighbourhood, community and other specialisms). Mediation is growing outside the UK with the latter, particularly the...
The 41st amendment to the Civil Procedure Rules has come into force from April 2006. Each of the Pre-action Protocols and their Practice Directions contain new wording which extends ADR consideration to all types of cases before issue. Whilst ADR will not be compulsory there is an increased likelihood of penalty if it is not taken up as an option.
"The Courts take the view that litigation should be a last resort, and that claims should not be...
Two of the UK's leading providers of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, The City Disputes Panel and The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, have entered into a co-operation agreement to pool resources and provide education and training in arbitration, mediation and other forms of ADR.
Under the terms of the agreement, the two charitable organisations will exchange know-how and will be able to refer requests for ADR services to each other, provide each other with...
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