ADR
Civitas Law is one of the leaders in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Members provide services for the resolution, avoidance and management of disputes by arbitration, adjudication, mediation, conciliation and early neutral evaluation. Together with commercial and construction law the arbitrators, adjudicators and mediators in Civitas Law have experience over a wide range of practice areas including disputes involving property, land, professional negligence, personal injury and renewable energy disputes.
Members are appointed as arbitrators, adjudicators and mediators in all types of national and international disputes. They are members of a number of panels and nominating bodies. Their experience includes working on disputes involving insurers, commercial and private clients, professional bodies, regulatory authorities, statutory undertakers and government. Members of the team are also appointed to represent parties who are involved in all stages of arbitration, adjudication, mediation and conciliation.
Specialisms
- Arbitration, adjudication, mediation and conciliation proceedings
- Arbitration awards, adjudication decisions, mediation settlements and conciliation reports
- Enforcement of and appeals to awards and decisions
- Formation and interpretation of construction and engineering contracts and subcontracts
- Professional negligence and standard of skill and care
- Trusts, warranties and bonds
- Partnership, company and charity assets, profits, dissolution and insolvency
- Landlord and tenant leases, underleases and licences
- Easements and boundary disputes
- Renewable energy
- Trespass to land and airspace
- E-commerce and consumer affairs
- Sale of goods and services, distance selling and enforcement