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International - 33 African startups make it into 2018 Innovating Justice Challenge finals

"A total of 33 African justice innovators and legaltech startups have made it into the final round of the 2018 edition of the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law’s (Full text >
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International - George Lim Discusses The New Singapore Mediation Convention

"The final drafts for a Convention on the Enforcement of Mediation Settlements and corresponding Model Law were approved at the 51st session ofFull text >
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International - Making Dispute Resolution More Effective - MAP Peer Review Report, Italy Stage 1

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UK (England and Wales) - Commercial Mediation Market growth shoots up by 20%

"The key finding from the 2018 CEDR Mediation Audit is that 12,000 commercial mediations (excluding small claims mediations) were performed in the last 12 months, an increase of 20% on 2016.

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International - Kluwer Mediation Blog – June Digest

Select the link to read this month's selections of inspiriing and dynamic writings. 

International - OECD publishes 77 comments on transfer pricing guidelines for intragroup services, dispute resolution

"The OECD on June 28 published 77 responses to its request for suggestions on how to improve the OECD transfer pricing guidelines for multinational corporations, with 51Full text >
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International - Nominet unveils .uk dispute resolution statistics

".uk registrar Nominet has seen a total of 712 complaints relating to 783 domains through its dispute resolution service in 2017, according to a report.

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International - Africa now has its own arbitration - will disputes be resolved on the continent?

"London and Paris, both European cities, were the go-to destinations to resolve commercial disputes – outside conventional courts – amongst African firms or shareholders.

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International - Transparency, Legitimacy, and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: What Can We Learn from the Streaming of Hearings?

"Scholars, NGOs, and practitioners have been discussing the legitimacy of investor-state dispute settlement (“ISDS”) for years. Much of this debate has focused on the critique that ISDS, usually taking the form of confidential and bind...

UK (Scotland) - The Edinburgh Declaration of International Mediators

“I write this in the aftermath of the really uplifting and wonderfully diverse conference which I had the privilege to host and chair recently in my home city, under the auspices of the Int...