'Why arbitrate or adjudicate when you can mediate?'

Date: Thursday, 20 Feb 2014, 18:00 Location: The Town Hall - Reading, Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH Member cost: £90 (including VAT) Non-member cost: £114 (including VAT)

A joint meeting has been arranged between the Thames Valley Branch of the CIArb and the Thames Valley Branch of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Gordon Bateman & John Done are speaking on the subject:

Why arbitrate or adjudicate when you can mediate?

(An outline of the essentials of alternative dispute resolution, both binding and non-binding)

Arbitration, adjudication, expert determination, mediation and conciliation: All share the same advantage of confidentiality and privacy for the parties. Yet each has differences from the others.

The speakers will explore the advantages and the merits of each of these alternative dispute resolution techniques and contrast them to reveal why each has a place in the field of dispute resolution.

Gordon Bateman CEng, FICE, FCIArb, AMIChemE is a lecturer and consultant in private practice, providing training courses in the UK and overseas on contract law and on forms of contracts and their management – focussing in particular on the IChemE and FIDIC forms. He also advises on the drafting of contracts incorporating such forms. He chairs the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Contracts Committee, and is a Past Chairman of the Thames Valley Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

John Done CEng, FICE is a chartered civil engineer and an ADR Group accredited mediator with wide experience of construction with contractors in UK, of contract management with consultants in Pakistan, Africa, the Middle East and UK and of personnel management in UK. He firmly believes in the principles of the conciliation and mediation of disputes where his experience has been limited but successful.

Cost: Attendance at this event is free of charge but places are limited by the size of the room and you will need to pre-book. To do this, Members of both Institutions are asked to use ICE’s Book Online system. Note that you do not have to be an ICE Member to use it. Once you have followed the link, choose “Register Now”. You will be required to supply your name, email address, postal address, date of birth and a password. When the formalities are completed you will be able to book for this and any other ICE meetings that are of interest to you. Please note this information will not be shared with any other outside organisations. You will also be able to add guest names to your own booking.

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