The Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC) is a non-profit organisation offering mediation and arbitration services. The site has information about both procedures, a selection of articles, model clauses and forms made freely available on the site.
This guide looks at how third-party funding works in the investment arbitration setting. It is written by Sherry Xin Chen who is legal information librarian and lecturer in law at Boston College Law School and Kirrin Hough a U.S. attorney. The guide was published in 2019 (and updated in 2024) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide gives an introduction to third-party funding in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) and links to resources providing research and data on the industry.
This online guide looks at restorative justice as practised in six African countries: South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and Rwanda. The guide was written by Julena Jumbe Gabagambi who is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Iringa, Tanzania and was published in 2018 (and updated in 2024) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. There is background information on restorative justice in Africa and its treatment in the legal literature.
Website of the Scottish Arbitration Centre an organisation that provides a venue for arbitration, mediation and other dispute hearings. The Centre and can also appoint domestic and international arbitrators. The site has a selection of model clauses along with news and event details.
The Ukrainian International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) is an independent arbitration body dealing with disputes arising in the field of international trade. The site provides the rules and statutes governing the ICAC and full text versions of international treaties- the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration. There are Ukrainian laws relating to international commercial arbitration some of which can be viewed in English.
The Ombudsman Services is a company providing a range of dispute resolution services focusing on energy, communications, property and consumer issues. Consumers whose complaint has exhausted the internal complaints procedure of a company participating in the scheme are invited to register a complaint. This is a free service for consumers. The site has information on making a complaint, a list of participating companies, guides aimed at students and the elderly and a page of useful links.
Website of Sport Resolutions an independent, not-for-profit, dispute resolution service for sport in the UK. The company was established by key stakeholder groups in sport including the British Athletics Commission, Professional Players Federation and the British Olympic Association and deals with disputes in the following areas: anti-doping; athlete selection; commercial agreements; discrimination; player eligibility; promotion and relegation and safeguarding.
Online guide to international commercial arbitration written and updated by Charles Bjork who is International and Foreign Law Reference Librarian at the Georgetown University Law Library. An earlier version of the guide was written in 2014 by Susan Gualtier. This version was published in 2022 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.
The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) was established in 1990 and is based in London. It provides legal mediation and arbitration, consultancy and training services to firms, and cases are also referred from outside organisations and the courts. The site gives full details of the services available and procedures for application. There is background information on dispute resolution services including adjudication, arbitration, early neutral intervention, expert determination and mediation.
