Subjects:

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Contents:

Land.

Shares in private companies.

Sale and purchase of businesses and companies.

Other commercial applications.

From valuer to expert.

Construction contracts and interim determination.

Dispute resolution.

The expert clause.

Qualifications of an expert.

Appointing an expert.

Jurisdiction of the expert.

Procedure for the reference.

Enforcing the decision.

Challenging the decision.

Rights and duties of experts.

Arbitration is different.

A third category.

Appendices

Forms and precedents.

Expert determination is the means by which the parties to a contract jointly instruct a third party to decide an issue. Its main attractions are that it is quick, cheap and private, and is increasingly being used by lawyers who are looking for swift dispute resolution.

Expert Determination is the only book available that deals with this subject. It is a 'must-read' for mediators, commercial lawyers and litigators who want to avoid the costs of formal litigation or arbitration. This third edition has been revised and updated, and its new coverage includes:-

• Changed perceptions of where expert determination fits into ADR
  
• The continuing battles about challenges to references before decision
  
• The effects of the operation of the Arbitration Act 1996
  
• The continuing attempts to sue experts for professional negligence
  
• CEDR's new role in expert determination * The use of expert determination in conjunction with mediation
  
• Interesting new applications e.g. the Five Nations rugby TV rights affair.