The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is developing a specialised alternative dispute resolution (ADR) centre catering for mediations and
Musgrove: ‘The centre will be open to all parties’
arbitrations.
“The ADR centre is open to all parties and offers companies based in Qatar and the region time and efficiency savings by resolving their disputes at the QFC Court rather than further afield,” Robert Musgrove, CEO of the court, said at a function where local professionals completed their mediation training at the QFC Civil and Commercial Court.
As many as 13 professionals completed a five-day programme of comprehensive tuition in effective dispute resolution, where participants were trained in the skills required for the effective mediation of commercial disputes. The majority of participants were Qatari residents, and included representatives from the legal profession, business, courts and Qatar University.
The training sessions were administered jointly by the QFC Court and the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) and participants were assessed for CEDR Mediator Accreditation, widely recognised as an international standard of excellence. This was the second such course that had been run in Qatar, and more are planned for later in the year.
“In 20 years, mediation has become an established part of the mainstream in the UK and a profession in its own right. There is an exciting potential for mediation in Qatar to follow a similar route, and those achieving CEDR mediator accreditation will be ideally placed to play a key role in the development of this emerging field,” said Graham Massie, director of consultancy at CEDR.
