Consultations and Briefings

Access briefings on Ciarb’s inter-organisational and international participation, and previous consultation responses. Respond to upcoming consultation responses.  

Read the latest briefings from Ciarb’s involvement as an observer at UNCITRAL and as secretariat for the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alternative Dispute Resolution (APPG ADR).

Consultations

Current Consultations

Proposed implementation of Singapore Convention on Mediation:

Members are invited to respond and provide views on the consultation paper recently issued by the UK Government on implementation of the Singapore Convention on Mediation (Singapore Convention).

Ahead of the UK ratifying the Convention, this consultation paper seeks views on certain proposals and options for how the Convention might be implemented and could operate in the UK. The questions in the consultation paper cover areas which did not form part of the consultation undertaken during the signing of the Singapore Convention in 2023.

View the consultation paper.

Please send your responses via this form or over email to policy@ciarb.org.

The deadline to send responses to Ciarb is 6 October 2025.

If you would like to make Ciarb aware of a relevant current or upcoming consultation, please contact policy@ciarb.org

Previous Consultation Responses

  • Submission in response to the call for comment and evidence from the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III on Draft Provision 12: Third Party Funding.
  • Ciarb Response to the Call for Evidence from the House of Lords Special Public Bill Committee on the Arbitration Bill, February 2024 
  • Final Response to Second Law Commission Request for Consultation on EAA 96 002, May 2023 
  • Submission in Response to the Law Commission’s Review of the Arbitration Act 1996, December 2022 
  • Response to the UK Government Consultation on Proposals to Increase the Use of Mediation in the Civil Justice System, October 2022.

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