Events
The judgment reached in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has significant implications for dispute resolution in England and Wales, and all common law jurisdictions that refer to English case law.
Read more information about the case and the joint intervention made by the Civil Mediation Council, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution.
Ciarb will host one of its highly regarded Let’s Discuss events following the Court of Appeal’s judgment to debate the full implications of its decision.
Let’s Discuss What the Churchill Judgment Means for Mediation and ADR will be moderated by Dr Isabel Philips, Director of Policy and ADR Development at Ciarb, who will introduce Ciarb’s intervention before the Court of Appeal. The webinar will go on to discuss the implications for mediation and for mediators across jurisdictions.
You can find the appeal court recordings of the Churchill case here.
Read the judgment here.
Moderators: Dr Isabel Phillips, MCIArb, FRSA.*
*Further co-moderators to be announced.
Let’s Discuss is a new series of virtual events brought to you by Ciarb. The series is free to attend.
Throughout 2023 we will be running a series of virtual events, hosted by members for members. These will get under the skin of the things that really matter in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) around the world and talk about the issues that matter to you. They will be a great opportunity to learn, discuss and meet new connections.
This years’ Lets Discuss series will be centred around several key areas: adjudication, mediation, technology, and diversity and inclusion.
Each area will have a several events, spread throughout the year, each focusing on a relevant topic. It’s up to you, our members to decide, what those topics will be. Join us for the Let’s Discuss sessions and influence the conversation with your ideas, learn from fellow ADR professionals and shape the future discussion around topics that matter to you.
We will confirm events as we go through the year to ensure they are always based on the most relevant issues of the moment.
Event Speakers
Isabel Phillips is the Director of ADR and Mediation Development at Ciarb. She is a conflict specialist and mediator with over 20 years of experience. She joined the full-time staff of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators at the start of 2021. She brings global experience in the application of complementary application of different forms of ADR, and the development of the skills and knowledge of those working in and with conflict and disputes.
Isabel’s mediation experience encompasses a wide range of domestic and international commercial disputes including construction, commercial contract, and employment disputes. She has designed, delivered, and evaluated interactive conflict training and dispute systems design for governments, IGOs, NGOs and commercial businesses across four continents. She has also spent five years working on conflict and disputes in deep-field, fragile and post-conflict environments including Bosnia-Herzegovina and Ethiopia.
Isabel is a qualified ‘Peace Specialist’ (Friedensfachkraft, AGQ 2000) a CEDR accredited mediator (2003), and was awarded her PhD (University of Bradford, 2017) on the theory and practice of mediation in commercial and socio-political contexts.