Course Objectives
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Course Methodology
In this interactive training course participants will frequently work in pairs as well as in larger groups to complete exercises as well as regional and international case studies.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:- Identify the right course of action to resolve a legal dispute
- Reduce the possibility of disputes leading to legal action
- Apply national and international legal requirements for dispute resolution
- Employ arbitration knowledge to negotiate terms
- Use case law to achieve a favorable outcome for their organization
Target Audience
This course is suitable for professionals within all industries who are involved in contract management and resolving disputes including, but not limited to, project managers, contract managers, procurement managers, supply chain managers, contractors, architects, developers and engineers. This course would also highly benefit in-house council and legal advisors new to the region who require the fundamentals of dispute resolution in the GCC.
Target Competencies
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- Negotiation
- GCC Dispute Resolution Frameworks
Note
The Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department has introduced a Continuing Legal Professional Development (CLPD) programme to legal consultants authorised to practise through a licensed firm in the Emirate of Dubai. We are proud to announce that the Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department has accredited EMG Associates as a CLPD provider. In addition, all our legal programmes have been approved.
This PLUS Specialty Training Legal course qualifies for 4 elective CLPD points.
Course Outline
- Fundamentals of dispute resolution
- Overview of the dispute resolution process
- Methods of dispute resolution including:
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Collaborative law
- Mediation
- Conciliation
- Negotiation
- Facilitation
- Introduction to international High Court litigation processes
- Path of a claim
- Pre-action matters
- Court documents
- Case management
- Disclosure
- During the trial
- Judgement
- Dispute resolution in the GCC
- The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system
- Early neutral evaluation
- Negotiation
- Conciliation
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution
- The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system
- Law systems
- Civil law system
- Codification
- Subgroups
- Common law system
- Court decisions
- Statutes
- International arbitration
- Introduction to international arbitration
- Institutional versus ‘ad hoc’ arbitration
- Introduction to mediation: The process and its principles
- Arbitration in the GCC
- Drafting international arbitration clauses
- The arbitration award and its enforcement
- Recent international arbitration case law
- Advantages and disadvantages of:
- Arbitration
- Litigation
- Mediation