by Graham Perry | Mar 1, 2022 | Arbitration, AWKWARD QUESTIONS, Thought For The Day
ARBITRATION #207 Some followers of this column have called it The Agony Column for Arbitrators/Mediators and that is the perspective that I have always adopted. What do I as the dispute resolver do next? What is the right course to adopt? What are the options and more...
by Graham Perry | Feb 28, 2022 | Arbitration, AWKWARD QUESTIONS, Thought For The Day
ARBITRATION #206 In this episode 4, we are examining the mindset of the Sole Arbitrator faced with a conflict of interest. Are you the right person to continue to hold this reference? Have you, previously, come to know too much about the facts of the case from your...
by Graham Perry | Aug 23, 2021 | Arbitration, NEW WORLD – NEW WORDS, Thought For The Day
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...
by Graham Perry | Aug 20, 2021 | Arbitration, NEW WORLD – NEW WORDS, Thought For The Day
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...
by Graham Perry | Aug 19, 2021 | Arbitration, NEW WORLD – NEW WORDS, Thought For The Day
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...
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