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Information and updates from LCAM
Specialist perspectives, inspiring thought leadership and recent developments in alternative dispute resolution.
Mediation in Arbitration Podcast by Herbert Smith Freehills
In this podcast Craig Tevendale, Chris Parker and Rebecca Warder look at the results of the HSF/LCAM survey on mediation and arbitration and what these results tell us about the current profile of mediation in mediation You can listen to the podcast...
Post-Covid commercial claims need conciliatory conclusions
Kathryn Britten, Managing Director at AlixPartners has written this article on the need for more mutually beneficial approaches to settling commercial disputes. An essential part of building back better will require fairer, less adversarial dispute resolution....
Mediation in Arbitration: Insights from the London Chamber Arbitration and Mediation/Herbert Smith Freehills Survey
The Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) arbitration team has partnered with the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM) to conduct a snapshot survey of more than 50 mediators, exploring their experience of mediation in arbitration in 2019 and 2020. The results of...
London’s blockchain-driven mediation and arbitration service – an overview
Jonathan Wood, Head of International Arbitration at RPC has written this insightful overview of the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM) for the International Bar Association. Here is the link:...
How to approach a Facilitated Contract Renegotiation (FCR)
Facilitated Contract Renegotiation (FCR) can be a very useful way of resolving an issue between contract parties without triggering a formal dispute mechanism, thereby enabling the parties to continue their contractual relationship. Here are some tips about how you...
Contracts and business agreements in the time of Covid-19
The government has invested an unprecedented amount of public money into the Treasury to shore up the country not just once but again as we head into a second lockdowns. However, the reality is that some business casualties like Laura Ashley and Debenhams may have had...
Business law: impact of Covid-19
There are very few, if any, areas of commercial life which have managed to escape the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken around the world to seek to combat its spread. As government initiatives to support businesses around the world inevitably...
Mediating partnership disputes
Mediation is generally very well suited to address joint venture or partnership disputes, for a number of reasons. The mediation process is voluntary, so there is some desire from the parties to resolve their issues in a practical way and they are usually invested in...
Mediation is suited to resolving probate and trust disputes
My professional life has involved any number of painful family disputes. The two most common are: step-mother disputes and sibling disputes. The former tend to be probate disputes and the latter can be probate or trust disputes. This blog deals with step-mother...
New LCAM Expedited Arbitration Rules: simpler, faster, cheaper and greener
Dua Lipa’s ‘New Rules’ has had more than two billion views on YouTube. It may take a while before the new LCAM Expedited Arbitration Rules gain that level of popularity but they have the ingredients to make them an attractive option for businesses looking to resolve...
