On the 3rd of June 2014, Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. gave an interactive workshop on arbitration and ADR at the Faculty of Law of the Masaryk University in Brno, (Czech Republic). The main topics that was discussed was the impartiality and independence of the arbitrators, especially the correct application of the IBA Guidelines on […]
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Collective Labour Mediator and Arbitrator registered by Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic has registered Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. as mediator and arbitrator of collective labour disputes. According to the Act No. 2/1991 Coll. on Collective bargaining, mediation is an obligatory step when resolving collective disputes originating from the collective agreements. These cases have to be submitted to mediation before […]
Round table on Mediation in Hradec Kralove (CZE)
On Monday the 19th of May 2014, the round table on mediation was held in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. Among other guests, Charlie Irvine a leading Scottish mediator and lecturer was invited to present his contribution on recent developments of mediation in Scotland. Dr. Martin Svatos gave a speech on the preliminary results of his […]
The New Issue of CYArb Containing an Article by Dr. Svatos
A publishing house JURIS issued the latest volume of the Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration (2014 Independence and Impartiality of Arbitrators) that contains an article “Independence and Impartiality of Arbitrators and Mediators –The Castor and Pollux of the ADR World?” written by Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. You can read the excerpt here: Independence and impartiality are considered […]
Negotiation training for students – Charles University and Shantou University (PRC)
On 9th April 2014, the students’ negotiation training was held in the Prague premises of multinational professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Students of the International Commercial Dispute Resolution Curriculum (IES FSS Charles University in Prague) had the opportunity to pit their wits against the multi-party investment treaty negotiation concerning the construction of a port. Among […]
Lecture at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
Dr. Svatoš gave a lecture to the students of the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (上海政法学院) in China on international commercial mediation in the European context. Dr. Svatoš was invited as one of the leading experts in the field in Europe in order to explain to the students the basics of the Mediation […]
Dr. Svatoš became a member of AMATI
Dr. Martin Svatoš, Ph.D. became a first Czech member of AMATI (Association of Mediation Assessors, Trainers and Instructors), newly established organization that associates the leading professionals in the field of mediation training. AMATI is based in London, UK and among its members belong among others T. Garby (France), G. de Berti (Italy), Ch. Irvine (UK)… […]
Lecture on Arbitration at the Comenius University in Bratislava
Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. was invited to lecture the students of the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia) on international commercial arbitration. The speech took place on 4th March 2014 and it touched the issues of advantages and disadvantages of arbitration, ADR in general or delocalization of international dispute resolution. Dr. Svatos has picked so up the […]
International Commercial Mediation Comeptition
From 6 to 12 February 2014 the ICC International Commercial Mediation Comeptition took place at the new ICC premise in Paris in order to bring the latest updates and news regarding international commercial mediation. The annual mediation week started by the first mediation roundtable bringing the leading mediators and ADR experts […]
New Year Wish
Happy New Years! We wish you as few disputes and as many good solutions as possible…