Latest News
February 2020
Thursday 20/02/2020
Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) announces partnership with CEDR - As part of the BBRS, CEDR will review both eligible historical and current cases submitted by customers. The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS), a new independent service set up to resolve disputes between eligible small and medium-sized businesses and participating banks, is today announcing its partnership with CEDR to work on cases brought to the BBRS. Further information can be viewed here. The BBRS website can be accessed here
January 2020
Thursday 30/01/2020
Sir Alex Jarratt, Life President of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution - It is with great sadness that CEDR announces the passing of Sir Alex Jarratt last month at the age of 95. Sir Alex was CEDR’s Chair for the critical first 10 years of the organisation’s existence from 1990 to 2000, seeing CEDR on its journey to become Europe’s largest independent ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) organisation, working with disputants in the UK and helping businesses and legal systems around the world. To view the full statement click here.
Wednesday 29/01/2020
Model Documents update - This morning we hosted an event marking updates to our Model Rules and Procedures for ADR. These publicly available documents are designed to benefit users and professional practitioners. Downloaded by 20,000 users annually, the rules and model documents are a popular and widely respected tool. The full Press Release can be found here and the documents can be accessed on this link.
Tuesday 28/01/2020
Mediation for Business and Human Rights – We are working with a number of stakeholders including leading law firms, companies and NGOs, to establish a mediation facility to support the effective resolution of disputes in the business and human rights arena. To find out more click here
