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Indian Institute of Dispute Resolution

Disputes are intrinsic to Society. Simply stated a Dispute is a disagreement among Persons and People. It can be in a Family, Work Place, Market or even cross border. Disputes can arise even among Firms, Companies, Trusts, Govts and Nations. A Dispute emanates from a simple disagreement, argument, or controversy and if left unresolved gives rise to a legal proceeding such as Arbitration, Mediation, or a Lawsuit and even Prosecution if it has Criminal overtures.

Broadly the types of disputes dealt with by Courts can be divided into Two types:

  • Civil cases and
  • Criminal cases.

Timely, Cost Effective and Efficient Resolution of Disputes of all kinds has been a Challenge for the Civilised World for more than a century.

Globally as well as in India, adjudication of disputes by taking recourse to conventional adversarial mainstream Judicial System has proved to be time consuming and costly. In the fiscal world keeping pace with the fast- changing Commerce, breaking barriers of time and distance, ADR has been evolving steadily. Complexities of multi-party Contracts and involvement of information technology coupled with high fiscal stakes has lately led to several path breaking evolutions in conventional ADR mechanisms viz. Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation.

It has now become imperative for every legal professional and law student to keep pace with these innovations and developments through continuous Learning and Education.

Indian Institute of Dispute Resolution, IIDR, is a state-of-the-art Law School offering online and offline Certificate Courses and Diplomas in all the facets of International and Domestic Dispute Resolution. Established by our Founder Mr. Mehar S Rathi, who had rich experience of more than 52 Years in legal arena spearheading Legal Education and Training since 1992, not only in India but also South Asia.

Our faculty includes celebrated Professors and Teachers as also Litigation Professionals with rich experience of Domestic and International Dispute Resolution, both as Former High Court and District Court Judges as well as designated Senior Advocates and Law Practitioners. IIDR faculty also includes Senior Bureaucrats and Corporate leaders.

IIDR, as a Dispute Resolution School, is a part of the Indian Dispute Resolution Council, the Indian Educational arm for the International Dispute Resolution Council, our umbrella organisation which is a not-for-profit corporation duly registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The IDRC is also registered with NITI Aayog
(Registration No. DL/2020/0261004) for carrying out Legal Education, Literacy, awareness & Legal Aid, Right to Information & Advocacy, Vocational Training and like.

Furthermore, the IDRC is duly approved and empanelled with Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India for Online Dispute Resolution and related activities for the Central Government, State Governments, the Public Sector undertakings and other such organisations

The National Productivity Council (NPC) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India has also entered into a MoU with IDRC’s associated organisation Lexidem Veritas for designing and organising various Law, Commerce and ADR related courses and other Refresher & Orientation Programs for functionaries of Central Government, State Government, PSUs and Corporate world pan India.

Institutes functioning under IIDR

  • Indian Institute of Arbitration – IIArb
  • Indian Institute of Mediation – IIMed
  • Indian Institute of Conciliation – IIC

Some Events and Programs Organised by IIDR and its Affiliates

  • Webinar on ‘Adhoc v. Institutional Dispute Resolution’, (22nd May 2020)

Speakers:

  • Hon’ble Justice A.K Sikri (Retd.), Supreme Court and International Judge;
  • Senior Advocate Ciccu Mukhopadhaya, Supreme Court;
  • Mr. Ratan K Singh, FCIArb, FPD, FMIArb, FAIADR, Director, India: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK; and
    • Mr. Samar Abbas, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers, London. ‘Online Dispute Resolution: Opportunities & Challenges’, (27th June 2020)

Speakers:

  • Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog;
  • Mr. Richard Wilmot-Smith QC, Barrister-Arbitrator, London;
  • Ms. Shobana Iyer, Barrister-Arbitrator, Swan Chambers, London;
  • Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Advocate, Supreme Court of India.
    • ‘How to combat Online Frauds? Challenges and Solutions’, (21st August 2020)

Speakers: 

  • Mr. Arpinder Singh, Partner and Head, India and Emerging Markets, Ernst & Young (EY);
  • Mr. Ranjeeth Bellary, Associate Partner, Forensic & Integrity Services, EY;
  • Mr. Ankoosh Mehta, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
    • ‘Essence of International Commercial Arbitration and its Challenges’ (15th May 2020)

Speakers:

  • Prof. Loukas Mistelis, Director of the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London &
  • Mr. Sarosh Zaiwalla, Senior Partner at Zaiwalla and Co. Solicitors, London.
    • ‘How to make a Career in Arbitration?’ (20th April 2020)

Speaker:

  • Ratan K Singh, FCIArb, Chairman, CIArb (India)

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