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AN ANXIOUS NEW ARBITRATOR – EPISODE 4
ARBITRATION #226 NOW THE ARBITRATOR FRIEND HESITATES We know where we are. The new Arbitrator B has concerns about the...
AN ANXIOUS NEW ARBITRATOR – EPISODE 3
ARBITRATION #225 HESITANCY TURNS INTO RESOLUTION B is unsettled. She senses that things are not right. To her way of...
AN ANXIOUS NEW ARBITRATOR – EPISODE 2
ARBITRATION #224 THE TRIBUNAL MEETS ONLINE The parties to the arbitration are a firm of international grain traders –...
TIRED AND DULL
COMMENT OF THE DAY #30 It happens. Arbitrators become jaded. Work piles up. You are losing your sparkle. You are not...
PARTIES BEWARE OF INQUISITORIAL ARBITRATORS
POST #29 Arbitrators can require answers to awkward questions. Not in every situation but the parties need to know...
THE BIG OPPORTUNITY
POST#28 You are a sole mediator negotiating a financial arrangement following the divorce of an husband + wife (with...
PRODUCING UNHELPFUL DOCUMENTS
You are sole arbitrator. You have moved on to considering damages. You think that both parties might be holding back...
SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS
You remember the problem? Party A authorises you to offer payment of £100,000 to settle a dispute. You then go to...
ARBITRATION – ADVERSARIAL OR INQUISITORIAL?
s 34 Arbitration Act 1996 "It shall be for the tribunal to decide all procedural and evidential matters, subject to...
Settlement Offers Can Create Problems
You are doing a commercial mediation. Things are going well. There is movement and open minds. In a private meeting,...
LIST THE ISSUES
As a Chair of five arbitrators on an Appeal Board, I always focused on listing the issues. It brings focus + clarity...
MEDIATION CONUNDRUM
An employee is fired. The grounds are not strong. He agrees to mediation. Actually you have a subjective sympathy for...