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ICAEW calls for more mediation

by Accountancy Age

10 Jun 2009

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has launched a new dispute resolution panel with ADR Group that aims to encouragie mediation over litigation for commercial disputes.

The Resolving Commercial Disputes panel will comprise of mediation-trained lawyers and accountants.

FTSE companies and other large public and private sector organisations facing complex commercial disputes will have accessito the panel.

Panel members from the legal profession include Lord Woolf of Barnes, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and author of the Woolf report on access to justice, and Cherie Booth QC.

Chartered accountants on the panel are Joseph Wan, CEO of Harvey Nichols and Arthur Harverd, Chairman of the London Court of International Arbitration.

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