In a recently published judgment by Mr Justice Mostyn, referring to a complex land trust dispute, he drew attention to the advantages of arbitration. "Where parties are agreed that their case should be afforded total privacy there is a very simple solution: they sign an arbitration agreement. "Arbitration has long been available in proceedings such as these. Recently arbitration has also ...
The Institute of Family Law Arbitrators - IFLA - has today (11 December 2012) submitted this response to the Law Commission’s consultation on on Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements. It suggests that family arbitration agreements might, in defined circumstances, be treated as and equated with qualifying nuptial agreements in the Commission’s final recommendations for ‘Q-nups’. The paper explains in some detail how ...
Family arbitration has had a handful of success stories in the short period of its existence, and to encourage family lawyers to engage in what may well be their first arbitration with confidence, a short-term introductory offer is available whereby volunteer accredited Panel Arbitrators will take on appropriate cases for a maximum fee of £1,500 (plus any disbursements), provided the ...
On Monday 26 March 2012 the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA) marked the launch of the new Family Law Arbitration Scheme at an evening reception at the Inner Temple, which was addressed by the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton. The Scheme and the IFLA is the result of collaboration between the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Family Law ...
A new scheme has today been launched to enable family disputes to be resolved by arbitration. This scheme has been set up by the newly formed Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA), a not for profit organisation, created by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the Family Law Bar Association, and the family lawyers’ group Resolution, in association with the ...
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