Track recent alternative dispute resolution news, including arbitration, mediation, enforcement, commercial disputes, and cross-border legal developments.
On 4 September 2026, the Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes (CORD) announced major revisions to its Arbitration Rules.The updates include detailed AI usage guardrails, an op...
General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL), a Nigerian oil exploration company, has approached Dolphin Drilling with a proposal to settle an outstanding arbitral award related to unpaid f...
The South African government is finalizing draft amendments to the Road Accident Fund (RAF) Act. These proposed changes cover mediation and conciliation procedures for dispute res...
Elliott Associates was awarded approximately US$48.49 million in damages, plus interest and costs, by an arbitral tribunal operating under the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. The c...
The European Commission has decided to refer Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for its failure to prevent violations of EU rules prohibiting intra-EU in...
Burford Capital has initiated arbitration against Argentina at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) following the expropriation of YPF.This comes...
Thailand and Cambodia have entered an international conciliation process through the United Nations to address a long-standing maritime boundary dispute involving significant offs...
Pakistan is preparing to introduce legislation in parliament to ratify the Singapore Convention on Mediation.The Minister for Law announced progress toward this step at Singapore...
On September 10, 2026, the Victorian County Court ruled that a handwritten mediation agreement signed between QBE Insurance and a claimant in a disability insurance dispute was en...
The Supreme Court of India issued a ruling addressing the relationship between Section 17 and Section 9 orders under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Court clarifie...
The Supreme Court of India ruled that, in the absence of a designated commercial court, a petition challenging an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliati...
California has enacted Assembly Bill 1770, giving the state attorney general oversight of Kaiser Permanente's medical arbitration process after ongoing concerns about fairness. Th...
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the location where arbitration proceedings are conducted does not itself determine the juridical seat of arbitration unless expressly stated...
Supreme Court judge BV Nagarathna cautioned against using mediation in family disputes involving violence, coercive control, or significant power imbalance. Speaking at a regional...
The Argentine government, at the direction of President Javier Milei, has instructed its Foreign Ministry to commence arbitration proceedings against the United Kingdom to block t...
On September 28, 2026, the Hong Kong Department of Justice (DoJ) launched a month-long stakeholder consultation regarding proposed legislative amendments to the Arbitration Ordina...
The Government of India has set up the Mediation Council of India (MCI) to regulate and promote institutional dispute resolution.The council is established under the Mediation Act...
The Supreme Court of India has declined to interfere with a Delhi High Court order that directs a forensic audit relating to the alleged dissipation of Fortis shares during the Da...
An ICSID tribunal has ruled against Cameroon, ordering it to pay €78.5 million plus interest to Italian contractor Gruppo Officine Piccini in a dispute over the termination of the...
An arbitral tribunal ruled that the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (MML) breached its concession contract with Rutas de Lima by attempting an early unilateral termination in 20...
A mediation session at Brazil's Superior Labor Court (TST) between Caixa Econômica Federal and banking unions failed to produce a settlement regarding the collective labor agreeme...
The Illinois Supreme Court has decided that Uber cannot compel arbitration in wrongful death claims brought by a widow on behalf of her deceased husband. The court unanimously hel...
The Supreme Court of India clarified that the venue of arbitration proceedings does not, by itself, establish the juridical seat of arbitration.The Court set aside the Orissa High...
On September 4, 2026, a Delaware bankruptcy judge ordered mediation in the dispute over $211 million in interest earnings held in escrow as part of the Boy Scouts of America's $1....
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