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Lunch for the Dispute Resolution Community

In a new initiative for the Company we hosted a lunch to bring together various members and representatives of the dispute resolution community, to begin to explore how we might all work together to better promote UK dispute resolution services.  This fulfils the two primary objects from our ...Read more

United Guilds Service

On Friday 15th March a group of Liverymen from the Company, some with their consorts, joined the Master, Senior Warden and Clerk at the 71st United Guilds Service in St Paul's Cathedral.  The service began in 1943 as an act of thanksgiving following the Blitz in the Second World War and is one ...Read more

Annual Master's Lecture - The Future of Arbitration in the Changing World of Dispute Resolution

On Tuesday 5 March 2013, retired High Court Judge and now arbitrator and mediator, Sir Peter Cresswell delivered the 2013 Master's Lecture to an audience of over 120 present in the London offices of DLA Piper, whose London Managing Partner, Lord (Tim) Clement Jones, welcomed those attending. Sir ...Read more

The City of London has long been an international centre for Arbitration and dispute resolution. The Masters of the early Guilds, the forerunners of today's Livery Companies, often acted as arbitrators in disputes between guild members and between those members and their customers.

The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators seeks to foster the professions of arbitration, mediation and other forms of private dispute resolution as a collegiate forum for practitioners and proponents. We aim to support the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs and the Aldermen in the development of UK business and in the promotion of London and the UK as a centre for the provision of private dispute resolution services and as a source of advice and guidance internationally. There is an Annual Lecture held in the City and a Pupillage Scheme provides assistance to aspiring arbitrators. We are members of the Financial Services Group of modern Livery Companies through which we provide active support to the Lord Mayor in his rôle as ambassador for UK trade and commerce.

Through its Charity the Company provides support in the education of students in the fields of arbitration and other related forms of dispute resolution; a number of grants and bursaries are given every year.

The finalists with their coaches. Winners (UCL) on the left, runners up (City Law School) on the right.

Mediation Skills Competition for UK Students

The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators announced its first UK Mediation Skills contest in July 2010. The Competition is open to universities and law colleges throughout the UK and is intended to assist in training law students to better understand the skills needed to be effective in negotiation and mediation and to give students the opportunity to exhibit and develop their problem-solving skills. Student teams are divided into requesting and responding parties and adopt the role of counsel and client before an experienced mediator and judges. At the end of each session the teams are given constructive feedback by the judges to help them develop their skills. Read more...