Arbitration

WARRING ARBITRATORS EPISODE 1 #294

GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON WARNING ARBITRATORS - EPISODE 1 I recall an early arbitration. Five arbitrators – two of whom were forceful not to say domineering. And the forceful two were split – one for the appellant and one for the respondent. The remaining two...

DISPUTE RESOLUTION – EPISODE 4 – SUMMING UP #287

GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON SUMMING UP SHOULD MR STALLARD STAND DOWN BECAUSE OF BIAS? Mr Stallard has made clear that he disapproves of current Israeli action against Hamas. He has said that he will never visit Israel again. His mind is made up. He has expressed strong...

DISPUTE RESOLUTION – EPISODE 3 – GUIDANCE ON BIAS #286

GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON GUIDANCE ON BIAS In its decision, the Supreme Court gave guidance on five issues regarding bias arising out of an arbitration based on quite different facts to our case. In our Belgian/Israeli arbitration the issue is not whether Mr Stallard...

DISPUTE RESOLUTION – EPISODE 2 – WHAT IS BIAS IN ARBITRATION? #285

GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON WHAT IS BIAS IN ARBITRATION? This fictitious Belgian/Israeli dispute is to be determined by Arbitration in the UK and is subject to the 1996 Arbitration Act. S 33 of the Act requires that the arbitration Tribunal “acts fairly and impartially...

WARRING ARBITRATORS EPISODE 8 #301

We have looked at Courage + Speaking Up. Now let’s look at Preparation because this, too, is an issue of Character. In short there are two choices – Skim or Read.

WARRING ARBITRATORS EPISODE 7 #300

We have looked at Courage + Speaking Up. Now let’s look at Preparation because this, too, is an issue of Character. In short there are two choices – Skim or Read.

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PREJUDICE IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION

PREJUDICE IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION

My post - #460 – prompted responses from readers. Some argued that the issue of an arbitrator/mediator’s character was a given. It was assumed that dispute resolvers knew about character when they commenced their training and that being the case it was not a matter...

ANGER MANAGEMENT – EPISODE 5

At the end of Episode 3 we looked at the words that the Chair might use to defuse a potentially explosive situation;-

ANGER MANAGEMENT – EPISODE 4

ANGER MANAGEMENT – EPISODE 4

At the end of Episode 3 we looked at the words that the Chair might use to defuse a potentially explosive situation;-

ANGER MANAGEMENT – EPISODE 3

ANGER MANAGEMENT – EPISODE 3

Dispute Resolution – arbitration or mediation – is a collegiate process. We are “all in it together”. We all have different roles (Chair, Wingers, Advocates, Solicitors)

ANGER MANAGEMENT – EPISODE 2

ANGER MANAGEMENT – EPISODE 2

Episode 1 concluded with the three arbitrators mentally preparing themselves for aggravation – a word that covers a variety of antagonistic behaviours.

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