Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Effective dispute resolution minimizes costs and preserves relationships often strained by commercial disputes.
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- 3 days
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Course overview
Effective dispute resolution minimizes costs and preserves relationships often strained by commercial disputes. When informal negotiations fail, mediation or arbitration frequently provides a practical alternative to litigation. This course offers participants a lawyer’s perspective on dispute resolution, emphasizing arbitration as a preferred method to avoid court proceedings. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of various dispute resolution techniques and learn to apply them to reduce the risk of litigation.
Training methodology
This highly interactive course features exercises, case studies, and group discussions. Participants will collaborate in pairs and larger groups to analyze regional and international dispute resolution scenarios.
Target competencies
- Litigation strategies
- Arbitration techniques
- Mediation processes
- Negotiation skills
- Understanding GCC dispute resolution frameworks
Course objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Determine the most appropriate approach to resolving legal disputes.
- Minimize the likelihood of disputes escalating to litigation.
- Apply local and international legal frameworks for dispute resolution.
- Utilize arbitration principles to negotiate favorable terms.
- Leverage case law to secure advantageous outcomes for their organization.
Course outline
- Overview of the dispute resolution process
- Key methods of dispute resolution:
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Collaborative law
- Mediation
- Conciliation
- Negotiation
- Facilitation
- Introduction to international high court litigation:
- Path of a claim
- Pre-action requirements
- Court documents and case management
- Disclosure and trial procedures
- Judgment process
- Overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods:
- Early neutral evaluation
- Negotiation, conciliation, and mediation
- Arbitration
- Importance of ADR in the GCC legal framework
- Civil law systems:
- Codification and subgroups
- Common law systems:
- Court decisions and statutes
- Principles and processes of international arbitration
- Institutional vs. ad hoc arbitration
- Introduction to mediation: Processes and principles
- Drafting effective international arbitration clauses
- The arbitration award and enforcement procedures
- Recent developments in international arbitration case law
- Comparative advantages and disadvantages of:
- Arbitration
- Litigation
- Mediation
Morning and evening classes are available. CompuBase Training Center, Abu Dhabi.
