THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS

EAST MIDLANDS BRANCH

(Chairman: Roy Pickavance)

Press Release August 2001

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and PIM announce a partnership to offer the legal profession’s most comprehensive range of dispute resolution services

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the UK’s leading independent body of qualified arbitrators, and the Panel of Independent Mediators (PIM), some of the UK’s most experienced commercial mediators, have announced a joint venture. This further builds on the Institute’s continued strategy to provide its members with a full range of services, training and support in all forms of ADR including mediation.

PIM is a group of 11 of the UK’s leading independent commercial mediators and, as part of the partnership with CIArb, will provide the highest standard of support and assistance to the Institute’s strategic initiative into mediation. PIM have joined the Institute’s Mediation Panel and will support mediation practice by the Institute nationally and internationally.

Phillip Howell-Richardson from PIM said, “As a Fellow of the Institute I have had first hand experience of the valuable work by the CIArb in developing high standards of training and professionalism for arbitrators and the international recognition of the status of Chartered Arbitrator. I and other members of PIM look forward to working with the Institute to create similar high and internationally recognised standards of training and accreditation for mediators and to the potential establishment of the status of Chartered Mediator.”

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has been extending its dispute resolution activities. Since the change to the Institute’s charter in 1999 it has committed to develop the use of mediation and alternative forms of dispute resolution, by establishing its own mediation training programmes and a mediation panel.

Jeffrey Rosenthal, Public Relations Officer of the CIArb East Midlands Branch, comments, “The CIArb recognizes the need to provide the highest quality of mediation services, and over recent years has grown from being a predominantly arbitration based organisation to providing a complete range of services to parties in dispute, outside of litigation. The CIArb provides a one-stop shop for high quality private dispute resolution training and qualifications.”

Dair Farrar-Hockley, Secretary General of CIArb, said, “We are delighted by this partnership with PIM, who are widely acknowledged for their eminence in this field. In the Institute’s view, the key issue in the whole process of dispute resolution is to find the most appropriate course of action to settle each individual dispute. Mediation is an important tool in the family of private dispute resolution. This partnership can only enhance the Institute’s drive into mediation.”

About The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Founded in 1915, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) is a not-for-profit organisation with headquarters in London and branches worldwide.

Approaching 10,000 members in 85 countries, the CIArb promotes and facilitates the determination of disputes by arbitration, but also by alternative means of dispute resolution (ADR) for business sectors including; the law, construction, shipping, engineering, finance, insurance, commodities, medicine sport and the automobile industry.

A dynamic organisation, the CIArb conducts “Dispute Resolution Services” - administering bespoke schemes for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer transactions to provide cost-effective and timely settlement of disputes.

The CIArb also provides international training courses. It is dedicated to facilitating access to justice for all, both in the developed and the developing world.

For further information, please contact

Louise Gardiner

Kaizo

Tel: 020 7580 8852

Email: louise.gardiner@kaizo.net

Jeffrey C Rosenthal

Public Relations Officer, East Midlands Branch

Tel: 0116 241 4316

Email: PR@CIArb-EM.org

Gregory Hunt

Manager, Dispute Resolution Services

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators