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UK (England and Wales) - Construction Industry ADR Growth

"Yesterday, the firm announced that revenues at Driver Group rose 43% to £18.1m in the year to 30 September."

Ghana - Ashaiman ADR Records 539 Cases In 2008

"The Ashaiman Centre of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) recorded 539 cases in 2008 as against 334 in 2007 with rent issues toping with 326 cases."

UK (England and Wales) - Mediators Take On Foreign Staff Row

"Mediators are contacting unions and employers involved in a bitter dispute over the use of foreign workers on construction projects."

New Zealand - Mediation Over Maori Cemetery

"The Environment Court has suggested mediation to try to settle the dispute over a proposed Maori cemetery in Invercargill."

Guyana - Guyana's Arbitration Act

"Also, the Guyanese legal system, in general, and its Investment Act 2004, in particular, encourages mediation as the first means for settling disputes. However, when mediation is not possible or when it is attempted unsuccessfully, arbitration provi...

Bangladesh - Govt Mulls 'Alternative Dispute Resolution'

"The government is contemplating introducing an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system to reduce case-jams in court."

USA - City Of Lynnwood, Union Request Mediation In Labor Dispute

"The city of Lynnwood and the union representing some 85 clerical and technical workers -- nearly a third of the city's work force -- have asked the state to provide mediation to resolve a contract dispute."

USA - Houston County Redesigning Justice Center

"The county must redesign the justice center, originally slated to be 84,000 square feet, to be no more than 65,000 square feet and submit those plans to Caledonia by June 1. The requirements stem from a recent mediation hearing between city and coun...

India - Govt. Keen To Amend Arbitration Law

"At an ASSOCHAM conference on "Need for strengthening alternative dispute resolution in India," Bhardwaj said the government, as a policy, has decided not to go in for litigation in matters in which payments have to be made to a commercial ...

India - Mediation Centre inaugurated In Civil Court

"A mediation centre was inaugurated on fifth floor in civil court premises Subash Chandra, district judge on Sunday. This centre will be used by judicial officers and advocates, who have more than fifteen years of experience to solve the pending case...