The 20th issue of UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres took place in Thessaloniki, Greece between the 25th and 28th of September 2014 focusing on the current topics in relation to the use of mediation and of the other ADR, including the insolvency matters. The forum has been serving as the platform for the meeting of leading […]
Shanghai Summer School
The first volume of the Summer School was organized by the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) this July. Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. was invited to give a lecture on international commercial arbitration and ADR on this occasion. The students passed the written exam after 14 credit hours of lecturing. The program took place […]
Interactive Workshop on Arbitration at the Masaryk University in Brno
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 […]
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 […]
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)… […]
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 […]
Video: How does mediation work?
Dr. Martin Svatos finished an English video explaining the mediation procedures and advantages of ADR. It can be accessed via YouTube or at this web page.
Mandatory Mediation Strikes Back – an article at mediate.com
The ADR web page mediate.com has recently published an article by Dr. Svatos on mandatory mediation. The question of mandatory mediation is an interesting issue per se. According to some, the fundamental principles are at stake once discussing the forced attendance of parties in mediation procedure. The Italian legislator is obviously of different opinion […]
Czech Bar Association’s periodical on Mediation
The issue no. 7-8 of the Bulletin Advokacie, Czech Bar Association’s periodical, reported on the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres. Bulletin assesses the event very positively and it summarizes the speeches of all participants in this article. You can read the whole article here (only in Czech unfortunately). The previous issue no. 6 was […]