International Mediation Updates
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November 2011 |
Here is another update on international mediation developments written by Mediate.com News Editor, Keith Seat.
- The proposed Legal Services Regulation Bill in Ireland would, among many other things, establish an independent disciplinary tribunal and a new procedure for complaints against the legal profession, and refer disputes to mediation only when the authority believes mediation would be successful. Irish Times.com (October 12, 2011)
- A university in Scotland has begun offering masters courses for a postgraduate certificate in mediation and conflict management. Kingpin-SEO (September 13, 2011)
- The Chief Justice of Malta suggests mediation of cases on appeal, as well as an evaluation comparing Malta’s mandatory and voluntary mediation systems. Times of Malta.com (October 3, 2011)
- The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Civil and Commercial Court appointed as its first director of alternative dispute resolution a former director of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) who had worked with the court for four years. Zawya (October 17, 2011)
- The Tamil Nadu Mediation and Conciliation Centre is training judges from around the Indian state so that judges can help litigants settle disputes. Indian Express (October 30, 2011)
- A High Court Judge of Madras, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, stated that judges need to see if cases can be resolved through mediation and conciliation, and specifically encouraged insurance and transport companies to settle matters, as some accident compensation cases have been pending for 20 years. IBN Live News (September 17, 2011)
- The Singapore Mediation Centre reports that construction payment disputes are at a three-year low, based on its caseload. The Centre has assisted over 4,000 parties in mediation and encourages businesses to sign a Singapore Mediation Charter, promising to consider mediation first when disputes arise. The Straits Times (October 20, 2011); Today Online (September 10, 2011)
- The Falkland Islands obtained its first mediation program. SARTMA.com (October 22, 2011)
Biography
Keith L. Seat is a full-time mediator and arbitrator who can effectively assist parties in resolving a wide range of telecommunications, antitrust and other commercial disputes. With over twenty years of legal experience as a mediator, arbitrator, litigator, advocate before executive branch agencies, and key staffer in the legislative and judicial branches, Mr. Seat brings a wealth of experience to his work as a mediator and arbitrator to help parties reach successful resolutions of complex disputes.
Mr. Seat began his legal career in a federal clerkship with U.S. District Judge William H. Becker, and then litigated antitrust and commercial disputes for many years at a major Washington law firm, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, where he first worked on telecom and technology issues. In 1993, Mr. Seat was named General Counsel of the Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where he served for four years, playing a significant role in the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Returning to the private sector in 1997, Mr. Seat rounded out his experience with a senior in-house counsel position at MCI, one of the nation’s largest telecommunications firms. At MCI, he gained a first-hand appreciation for the important perspective brought to issues and disputes by in-house decision-makers. Mr. Seat also deepened his knowledge of telecom issues and gained experience addressing competition-related issues in the corporate setting, as well as helping resolve disputes among large organizations.
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