John Richardson, that worthy and thoughtful New York mediator, has brought to our attention a decision by Hon. Mr. Justice Ramsey of the Royal Courts of Justice in England that seems to render unenforceable the commonplace contractual provisions immunizing mediators from testifying as to the conduct of the mediation....
On July 24, 2009, the Chinese Supreme People's Court issued Several Opinions on Establishing and Improving of a Dispute Resolution System and the Linking of Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism. Thanks to Andrew Aglionby and his stalwart crew at Baker & McKenzie's China office, we have a translation of this...