Arbitration

NEW WORLD – NEW WORDS – EPISODE 4

ARBITRATION #163 I concluded #162 on 20 August with the words “We are all in the grip of our working norms”. Human beings tend to repeat. And there is safety in repetition – it is something we know + we can train ourselves to perform with greater skill. But, we also...

NEW WORLD – NEW WORDS – EPISODE 3

ARBITRATION #162 In episode 2 I highlighted the legal principles that come into play in commodity trade + shipping arbitrations. The issue here is how to bring arbitrators, whose specialism is the Trade + not the Law, into knowledge + familiarity with legal terms and...

NEW WORLD – NEW WORDS – EPISODE 2

ARBITRATION #161 I concluded yesterday - “The trade excels in trade matters but the arbitrators have to acquire experience of legal issues, legal terms, legal expression and there are two reasons for this requirement – first, arbitration is a legal...

NEW WORLD – NEW WORDS – EPISODE 1

ARBITRATION #160 Arbitration in the UK operates in many different sectors – some commercial + some social. Within each sector the practise of arbitration has emerged with quite different characteristics – all brought together + given consistency by the application of...

MEET DEADLINES – EPISODE 6

Another overlooked issue in the training of arbitrators is about being timely. It impacts on a number of issues in the conduct of an arbitration hearing.

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KNOW STRENGTHS + WEAKNESSES OF YOUR CASE

KNOW STRENGTHS + WEAKNESSES OF YOUR CASE

COMMENT OF THE DAY #62 - EPISODE 4 ARBITRATION AND ADVOCACY This is an important part of preparation - know where you are strong but also know where you are weak. Be Prepared. Rarely is an arbitration 100% in favour of one party. Usually, it is a mix of arguments...

CONTROLLING YOUR HOURS

CONTROLLING YOUR HOURS

COMMENT FOR THE DAY #60  - EPISODE 3 ARBITRATION AND ADVOCACY You have been appointed to represent a party in an arbitration. There is to be an oral hearing. There are documents + zoom calls + witness statements + legal issues. It is a big undertaking. In the midst of...

ADVOCACY EPISODE 2

ADVOCACY EPISODE 2

COMMENT FOR THE DAY #58 ARBITRATION Good advocacy requires skills. First, Be Organised. Prepare different schedules - a chronology of events from documents/bundles. Don't let anything slip through the net. You must have a clear understanding of the sequence of events...

ADVOCACY IS A CHALLENGE – EPISODE 1

ADVOCACY IS A CHALLENGE – EPISODE 1

COMMENT FOR THE DAY #56 ARBITRATION You can be an arbitrator or a party or the arbitration institution or an expert witness or just a witness. But you can also be an advocate - the person who presents the case + argues the case for one of the parties. If the parties...

CLEARING YOUR HEAD

CLEARING YOUR HEAD

COMMENT OF THE DAY #54 ARBITRATION If being an arbitrator is your career, you will be mixing hearings with reading submissions +drafting awards/directions. In the course of a month, challenges arise that can throw you off course - a bereavement; an ailment; a relative...

ARBITRATORS – BE ALERT FROM START TO FINISH

ARBITRATORS – BE ALERT FROM START TO FINISH

COMMENT OF THE DAY #52 ARBITRATION This column has always stressed that arbitrators, + mediators, need stamina. You are doing a professional job. Be 100% professional from the moment you are appointed to the moment that the award is published. And it is so easy to...

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