Arbitration

ARBITRATOR/MEDIATOR – HOW TO STAND UP – EPISODE 1

ARBITRATION #237 We have established that a DR has to have character and the other previously specified personal qualities – integrity and the rest. But he/she also has to possess courage. It is often difficult for a new DR, or an established but retiring (shy) DR....

ARBITRATOR/MEDIATOR – BUT WHO AM I? – EPISODE 1

ARBITRATION #236 As regular readers will have come to observe this Column focuses on dispute resolvers (DRs) as human beings as well as trained professionals. The specific step-by-step training that arbitrators + mediators undergo is provided by professional trade...

DAVIDA AND GOLIATH – EPISODE 7

ARBITRATION #229 DAVIDA AND GOLIATH Final words of Episode 6… “But it could so easily have gone wrong”. Let’s consider the alternative scenarios. B could have been intimidated + then refrained from saying anything. A would have pushed even more vigorously for his...

AN ANXIOUS NEW ARBITRATOR – EPISODE 6

ARBITRATION #228 DAVIDA AND GOLIATH Two separate points; first, did Arbitrator B choose the right words, say the right things? Well, Yes. She wants to express concerns. She is nervous about what she says – also English is not her first language. Does she have the...

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THE CHAIRWOMAN REFLECTS  EPISODE 3

THE CHAIRWOMAN REFLECTS EPISODE 3

There is an issue for the Chair. She is on notice that a fellow Member of the Board has been seen having a cocktail drink with an Observer attending the Appeal who is a prominent employee of Respondent Buyers.

AN ARBITRATOR STUMBLES – EPISODE 2

AN ARBITRATOR STUMBLES – EPISODE 2

Please bear in mind that the narrative is fictitious. It bears no relation to any arbitrator. However, the problem of contact between an arbitrator + a party does exist.

AN ARBITRATOR STUMBLES – EPISODE 1

AN ARBITRATOR STUMBLES – EPISODE 1

A First Tier arbitration is to go to appeal. It is a big one. A large claim and counter-claim. The Parties have agreed to be legally represented.

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Mr Graham Perry M.A. Cantab FCIArb

Experienced Arbitration Lawyer | China & Chinese Business Affairs | Public Speaker/Lecturer