A rise in the use of regional dispute centres is set to continue as businesses spread their wings internationally. A panel at Legal Week’s Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Forum reviewed which jurisdictions are gaining favour
Simon Davis, litigation partner, Clifford Chance: “In London we too often start from the proposition that anyone in their right mind would want to have their dispute resolved by English law with high quality English judges, and with that as our starting point, we then try to work out what might otherwise deter claimants from taking advantage of these fabulous benefits. The starting point should be in fact an attitudinal one, which is to ask ourselves: ‘How do we make sure that disputes are resolved in England?’ and the starting point in that context is to make it clear that UK Dispute Resolution plc is absolutely open for business because having parties litigate or arbitrate here generates benefits far beyond court fees or LCI fees.
