Comments on: How Quick Should Arbitration Be? “As Long as a Piece of String”? http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/2009/06/how-quick-should-arbitration-be-as-long-as-a-piece-of-string/ Conflict Management Expertise from F. Peter Phillips Fri, 18 May 2012 06:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: F. Peter Phillips http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/2009/06/how-quick-should-arbitration-be-as-long-as-a-piece-of-string/comment-page-1/#comment-35 F. Peter Phillips Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:14:36 +0000 http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/?p=97#comment-35 I agree with you both that the perception gap seems inxplicable. But arbitrators who are concerned with an enforceable award, combined with lawyers who equate "success" with "leaving no stone unturned," result in a nasty mixture -- the result of perfectly understandable intentions! FPP I agree with you both that the perception gap seems inxplicable. But arbitrators who are concerned with an enforceable award, combined with lawyers who equate “success” with “leaving no stone unturned,” result in a nasty mixture — the result of perfectly understandable intentions!

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]]> By: Joseph Grynbaum, P.E. http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/2009/06/how-quick-should-arbitration-be-as-long-as-a-piece-of-string/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Joseph Grynbaum, P.E. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:30:11 +0000 http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/?p=97#comment-28 I am surprised that the extended time and high cost of International commercial arbitration is still so misunderstood by business leaders and parties that agree to include this process in contracts, despite a growing reportage of the reality by many organizations and individual ADR providers. As a professional mediator, and occasional arbitrator I have long stated that " an ounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation." I am surprised that the extended time and high cost of International commercial arbitration is still so misunderstood by business leaders and parties that agree to include this process in contracts, despite a growing reportage of the reality by many organizations and individual ADR providers.
As a professional mediator, and occasional arbitrator I have long stated that ” an ounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation.”

]]> By: Colin Rule http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/2009/06/how-quick-should-arbitration-be-as-long-as-a-piece-of-string/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Colin Rule Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:43:30 +0000 http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/?p=97#comment-18 Commercial arbitration needs to do a much better job listening to it's clients and customers. I suspect that if the primary arbitration providers don't address the shortcomings being felt by their users, they will soon face competition from new entrants who will. rah Commercial arbitration needs to do a much better job listening to it’s clients and customers. I suspect that if the primary arbitration providers don’t address the shortcomings being felt by their users, they will soon face competition from new entrants who will. rah

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