Arbitration

Brandon Malone has been admitted to the panel of Arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, the MENA region’s largest alternative dispute resolution centre. Mr Malone has a strong interest in Dubai and has rights of audience before the DIFC Courts, where Lord Glennie, his succe

The statutory instrument making amendments to the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 comes into force today. This changes the procedure for defended family actions in a wholesale manner, replacing the existing procedure with rules heavily focused on case management, writes Lesley Gordon. Unfortunately, there

Arbitration is a commercial, cost-effective and confidential method of resolving disputes. However, with the COVID-19 lockdown impacting court business and creating a backlog of litigation work, arbitration’s flexibility might now be its most valuable attribute, writes Andrew Mackenzie. A

Capturing the zeitgeist, FLAGS (Family Law Arbitration Group Scotland) has arranged training by Zoom tomorrow on conducting arbitration remotely. This will coincide with the FLAGS AGM, at which five new FLAGS-trained arbitrators will be welcomed. The training will be led by three arbitrators from En

The International Council for Commercial Arbitration and the Scottish Arbitration Centre worked with the Judicial Institute for Scotland to host a colloquium on New York Convention practice with some of the Senators of the College of Justice in Edinburgh on 31 May.

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has announced its new Ambassador scheme. The ambassadors consist of 28 Scottish practitioners working mainly in arbitration from around the world.