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Fully comprehensive training on this
increasingly popular method of dispute
resolution within maritime
NEW SEMINAR!
Gain practical knowledge
and management training
Lloyd’s Maritime Academy presents inaugural training seminar
ARBITRATION &
MEDIATION
DISPUTE MANAGEMENT IN SHIPPING
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS (ADR) IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
Thursday 2nd – Friday 3rd July 2009
Bonhill House, London
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EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING TO:
✓ Understand the benefits of arbitration and mediation in a shipping dispute
✓ Profit from an exploration of cost control and how this can be executed
✓ Understand the importance of choosing the right expert witness and how to get the most
from them
✓ Understand when is more effective to chose ADR and when to introduce this
✓ Focus on relationship management in a shipping dispute
✓ Gain knowledge about the arbitration and ADR procedures
✓ Find out how to get the most from your advisors
FEATURING: THE NEW LMAA INTERMEDIATE CLAIMS PROCEDURE (2009)
✓ Understand how you can benefit from the new procedure, designed to settle a commercial
shipping dispute and predict the cost of proceeds from the outset
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ARBITRATION &
MEDIATION
DISPUTE MANAGEMENT IN SHIPPING
Thursday 2nd – Friday 3rd July 2009,
Bonhill House, London
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:
Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is delighted to announce the new
maritime law training seminar solely focussed on maritime
arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution, as a
welcome addition to our highly successful series of established
maritime law training seminars.
Arbitration and mediation are increasingly popular in the shipping
industry as a method of dispute resolution. This two day course
offers shipping professionals practical solutions into effectively
managing an alternative dispute resolution to deliver the key criteria
– certainty, speed and cost - and essentially maintaining relationships
for the future.
Learn how to get the most out of arbitration, focus on relationship
management in a shipping dispute, and understand when to
introduce arbitration or ADR as the most appropriate method to
achieve the best outcome. Analyse the advantages of space,
economy, and informality arbitration provides against other methods
of dispute resolution. Benefit from a wealth of highly experienced
legal and industry speakers, arbitrators and mediators at this timely
maritime training course.
WHO SHOULD
ATTEND:
✓ Ship owners
✓ Ship operators
✓ Charterers
✓ Ship builders
✓ Ship yards
✓ Arbitrators
✓ Mediators
✓ Lawyers
✓ Barristers
✓ P&I executives
✓ Expert witnesses
LLOYD'S MARITIME ACADEMY
Celebrating over 30 years of providing training for the maritime
industry, Lloyd's Maritime Academy works with leading academic
and professional bodies to deliver a broad portfolio of seminars,
masterclasses, distance learning courses and tailored training
programmes, offering unrivalled learning opportunities to over 5,000
international participants every year.
Interested in an in-house delivery of this course
You can find out more about the benefits of corporate training by calling us on
+44 (0)20 7017 4455 or email us at ct@informa.com
DAY 1: THURSDAY 2ND JULY 2009
09.00 Registration and morning coffee
09.30 Opening remarks from the chairman
Jonathan Lux, Partner, Ince & Co
09.45 Alternatives to resolving shipping disputes
• Overview of the various alternative dispute resolutions (ADR)
• The benefits of alternative dispute resolution
• What do the parties want to achieve
• The pros and cons of maritime arbitration
• The pros and cons of mediation
• The pros and cons of the Commercial Court
Geraldine Clark, Barrister, Serle Court
10.45 Introducing arbitration or ADR (Alternative Dispute
Resolution) to the shipping dispute
• What form of ADR is most appropriate for the dispute
• When to go to arbitration or ADR in the particular case
• Enforcing or resisting enforcement of arbitration clauses
• How to encourage a reluctant party to try arbitration or ADR
• Initial steps in progressing arbitration or mediation
• Drafting the arbitration clause
• What are the parties really trying to achieve
Richard Lord QC, Barrister, Brick Court Chambers
11.30 Coffee
11.50 Getting the most from your advisors
• Choosing counsel
• What you should expect from your advisors
• How much say will the parties have in how the arbitration
proceeds
Clive Aston, Arbitrator, LMAA Committee
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Managing the arbitration – the arbitration
procedure
• Appointing the arbitrator/arbitration panel
• What to look for in selecting your arbitrators
• Conflicts of interest and bias
• Time limits and procedural pitfalls
• Choosing an arbitral forum – the choices available
David Pitlarge, Partner, Hill Dickinson LLP
14.30 PRACTICAL SESSION LMAA’s Intermediate Claims
Procedure 2009 (as developed in conjunction with
The Baltic Exchange)
Hear about how this new procedure could benefit you in a shipping
dispute. Understand how it will limit the cost of arbitrating to suit a
wide range of shipping and commodity related disputes and
discover how to incorporate the new Intermediate Claims Procedure
into your charter parties or other agreements
Simon Gault, Honorary Secretary, LMAA Committee
15.00 Tea
15.20 Fast Track Arbitration in shipping disputes
• What disputes are suitable for the Fast Track Arbitration Scheme
• How this is conducted
• Why opt for Fast Track Arbitration
• Typical time frame
• The benefits of the scheme
Simon Gault, Honorary
Secretary, LMAA Committee
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PRACTICAL SESSION
16.00 Making the most of mediation
• Starting the process
- Whether and when to mediate
- Agreeing to mediate - choosing a scheme or provider, selecting
an individual mediator
• Preparing for the mediation
- Representatives
- Documents - case summaries, position papers, confidential
submissions
- Talking with the mediator
• The mediation
- The process - highs and lows
- The people - authority, success and failure
- Settlement
• After the event
- Reflection, recrimination, relief, resumption
Trevor Harrison, Maritime Arbitrator, Mediator and Legal
Consultant
17.00 Close of day one
DAY 2: FRIDAY 3RD JULY 2009
09.00 Morning coffee
09.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Jonathan Lux, Partner, Ince & Co
09.40 Document management – gathering the evidence
• The importance of document management
• Disclosure in an electronic age- full CPR disclosure or only
supporting documents
• Document retention
• Retrieval
• Shipping cases where this has been significant i.e. The Prestige
Sara Masters, Barrister, 20 Essex Street Chambers
10.20 Getting the most from expert witnesses
• What makes a good expert witness
• Roles and responsibility of the expert witness
• Expert witness training – the benefits
• The expert's report
• Preparing for the hearing
Penny Harper, Director, Bond Solon
11.00 Coffee
11.20 Effectively controlling costs in arbitration and
mediation
• How costs escalate in arbitration and mediation
• Overall strategies for managing costs
• Specific costs issues to consider in arbitration and mediation
David Owen QC, Barrister, 20 Essex Street Chambers
12.00 Questions and discussion
12.15 Lunch
13.15 Enforcing awards
• Overview of the methods available for the enforcement of an
arbitration award
• Dependent on where the award was granted
• The different regimes
• Other issues that have to be taken into consideration when
enforcing an arbitral award
Christopher Smith QC, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers
14.00 Challenging the Award – The position under the
English Arbitration Act, 1996
• What can you do if you do not like the Award
• Appeals on legal issues, challenges to the arbitrators' jurisdiction
and "serious irregularities"
Sean O'Sullivan, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
14.45 Tea
15.00 CASE STUDY The Scope of the Arbitration Clause
• The role of the courts in supervision of the arbitral process -
Fiona Trust
• When might an arbitration clause be disregarded
• The anti-suit injunction in light of West Tankers
• Drafting an arbitration clause - practical considerations
Chris Hobbs, Partner, Norton Rose
15.45 Litigation vs. arbitration
• The comparative advantages
• When the agreement to arbitrate is ignored - West Tankers
Philip Roche, Partner, Norton Rose
16.30 Questions and discussion
16.45 Closing remarks from the chairman and close of
seminar
READ THE EXCELLENT FEEDBACK FROM DELEGATES
FROM OUR MARITIME LAW SERIES...
"A great opportunity to meet very qualified people and to gain indepth
knowledge" (XL Insurance)
"It has been very useful and helpful to me, interesting to meet
different players with a common interest" (Wallenius)
"Seminar was very good, with good speakers and good
information to take away" (Trafigura)
"An excellent overall guide to maritime law theory and practice"
(Paull & Williamsons)
"Excellent exchange of useful ideas that can make a difference in
terms of litigation" (Nimasa)
FUTURE EVENTS
SEMINARS
Marine Cargo Claims, 15 -17 June 2009, London
Fuel Management, Ship Performance & Energy Efficiency,
17 -18 June 2009, London
International Time & Voyage Charterparties, 29 June - 3 July
2009, London
Sale & Purchase Masterclass, 24 - 25 September 2009, London
Maritime Law School, November 2009, London
DISTANCE LEARNING
Diploma in Ship Superintendency, commences 8th April 2009
Diploma in Marine Surveying, commences 19th May 2009
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