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Arbitration
Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators definitions page Definitions and introduction.
Hong Kong
International Arbitration Centre
The Centre provides a free information service on international and
domestic dispute resolution; this includes answering enquiries and
advising on dispute resolution clauses and arbitrators' fees. HKIAC
operates panels of international and local arbitrators of experience and
holds lists of mediators. It can assist in making recommendations of
suitable persons. It administers the mediation service for Hong Kong
Government contracts. For international arbitrations, HKIAC recommends the
use of its Procedure for Arbitration which includes the 1976 UNCITRAL
Rules.
Civil Procedure Rules [CPR]
Department of Constitutional Affairs the authoritative reference.
"Yet Another Woolf
Site" [YAWS] Maintained by Roger Horne, barrister. Very useful site containing cross-referenced CPR, RSC, CCR Court Guides
and cases.
Data Protection Registrar/Information Registrar
Site for registration
under the Data Protection Act.
Expert Witness Organisations
La Asociación
Española de Peritos Tasadores Judiciales
(Spanish Expert Organisation)
Associação
Portuguesa dos Avaliadores de Engenharia (Portugese Expert
Organisation)
BVS
BVS Bundesverband öffentl. best. und vereidigter
sowie qual. Sachverständiger e.V. (German Expert Association)
EuroExpert
The Organisation for European Expert Associations
La Fédération Nationale des Compagnies d'Experts Judiciaires (French
Expert Organisation)
Hauptverband der
allgemein beeideten und gerichtlich zertifizierten Sachverstaendigen Österreichs
(Austrian Expert Organisation)
General legal
Delia Venables' Legal
Information Pages.
Delia is a computer consultant (and
Fellow of the British Computer Society) specialising in computer
services for lawyers and those who need to know about the law. She
maintains these pages of excellent links as a general public service.
www.hsedirect.com
Developed by the Health and Safety Executive in
partnership with Butterworths Tolley, hsedirect is an online
health and safety information resource. It allows instant access for
those requiring health and safety legislation and guidance. With varied
subscription options, hsedirect is ideal for health and safety
professionals, managers, trainers, consultants and union representatives
- in fact, anyone with an interest in health and safety.
LawZONE
LawZONE is an online legal community featuring news, tools, resources,
questions and answers and more for the busy legal practitioner. The
weekly LawZONE legal newswire and specialist monthly newswires have over
30,000 subscribers, making LawZONE one of the UK's most popular legal
websites.
Mediation
Association of
Northern Mediators
Consensus Mediation
an organisation specialising in facilitating mediation; it also runs e-Mediator, a
mediation process based on using the internet for the negotiation
process.
The Association of Midlands Mediators
- a useful website giving information on how to approach the
organisation as well as current news, details of cases and general ADR
information.
CEDR - Centre for Effective
Dispute Resolution
National Mediation Helpline The Helpline has been set up to provide information to the public, to businesses and lawyers and to the courts about mediation and mediators. It is an important part of the Department for Constitutional Affairs vision for civil justice that disputes should where possible be resolved without the need for parties to go to court, and the Helpline is one way of promoting this aim.
Legal User Groups
TeCSA
Technology and Construction Solicitors
Association
Other Professional Bodies
APM
Association
for Project Management
The
Bar
Council
The
Bar Council is the regulatory and representative body for barristers in
England and Wales. It deals with the qualification and conduct rules
governing barristers and those wishing to become barristers. It deals
with complaints against barristers. It also puts the Bar's view on
matters of concern about the legal system and acts as a source of
information about the Bar.
CIWEM
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
(CIWEM) is the leading professional and examining body for
scientists, engineers, other environmental professionals, students and
those committed to the sustainable management and development of water
and the environment.
ICES
A
specialist profession organisation dedicated to those studying and
employed in commercial management or geospatial engineering within the
civil engineering industry. The ICES offers internationally recognised
qualifications together with a wide range of professional membership
services.
The
Law Society of England and Wales
The Law Society is the
professional body for solicitors in England and Wales.
SOCENV
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is the independent body that
regulates the award of the Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)
qualification. The Society aspires to be the leading and
co-ordinating professional body in environmental matters and a
pre-eminent champion of a sustainable environment.
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