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Swiss Arbitration

The Swiss Arbitration website is produced by the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and brings together key resources relating to arbitration in Switzerland. There is information about the ASA - a membership organisation and arbitration think tank - and the Swiss Arbitration Centre which provides arbitration and mediation services worldwide.

Baker McKenzie: Global Arbitration Rules

International arbitration blog compiled by law firm Baker McKenzie and made freely available online. The blog has global arbitration news stories that can be browsed by region or topic. Other features include a calendar of upcoming arbitration events and a comparative chart of international arbitration rules. This enables cross checking of individual clauses across a range of arbitration rules. Copies of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook can be viewed on the blog providing legislative and case law updates from each jurisdiction.

ICSID Databases

This part of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) website provides access to a range of databases maintained by the ICSID. There is a database of member states which gives details of signatories to the ICSID Convention, a searchable database of cases administered by ICSID and a directory of arbitrators and conciliators appointed to the ICSID Panels. There is a database listing bilateral investment treaties searchable by signatory states, treaty and year of signature. The treaty text isn’t given.

ICC Dispute Resolution Library

Party free, partly fee-based collection of information about dispute resolution by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Covers ICC awards, commentaries, rules, reports, videos, information about events and other material. Although much of the content is restricted to subscribers, non-subscribers can use the Advanced Search facility to look up ICC awards and find out where they have been published (this facility used to be known as ‘ICC awards by case number’).

LexisNexis Blogs

This section of the LexisNexis website hosts blogs on a range of practice areas, including dispute resolution, the future of law, corporate law, family law, financial services, insolvency law and the built environment. Contributors include practising lawyers and LexisNexis' editors.

A Comparative Analysis of Restorative Justice Practices in Africa

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.

The Property Ombudsman

The Property Ombudsman provides an impartial service, approved by the UK government, helping consumers who are renting or selling residential property through an estate or property agent. Its website includes information about the scheme can provide, how to use it and how to join. It also includes an agents' section with an FAQ page for aiding estate agents dealing with complaints. There is a news section containing case studies, annual reports and press releases.

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