Dispute Resolution And Expert Witness

Seminar Content
Some of the issues to be covered in this two-day seminar are the following:

• What is adjudication?
• What is mediation?
• What is arbitration
• How does adjudication differ from arbitration, litigation, mediation?
• Adjudication as a creature of contract
• Adjudication as conceived under NEC, under FIDIC and under JBCC
• Who can act as adjudicator; choosing the adjudicator?
• Powers and authority of the adjudicator
• Paying the adjudicator
• The adjudicator's decision as immediately binding
• Appeal against the decision of the adjudicator
• Ad hoc vs standing adjudication
• Advantages and disadvantages of adjudication
• Step-by-step through the adjudication process
• Successful negotiation
• Conducting negotiation
• Dealing with deadlock
• Communicating effectively with the other side
• Creating value
• The investigation stage
• Putting the BATNA, PATNA, WATNA and ZOPA to work