The Arbitrator As Settlement Facilitator
Article from: TDM 1 (2007), in Mediation & ADR
Introduction
When parties decide to have an existing dispute resolved by arbitration and set an arbitration proceedings in motion, previous settlement efforts with or without the help of a mediator / conciliator have normally failed. Such arbitrations are rare where the parties have not honestly tried to settle their dispute prior to going to arbitration. But once an arbitration proceedings has started seriously with the exchange of written pleadings, the process of the production of documents according to Art. 3 IBA-Rules of Evidence and evidentiary hearings, parties are ready to reach the ...