adr in belarus: recent developments alexey anischenko tamara sakolchyk 23.11.2012 vilnius, lithuania
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ADR in Belarus: Recent Developments
Alexey Anischenko Tamara Sakolchyk
23.11.2012Vilnius, Lithuania
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General Background
Dual court system: ordinary (civil) and commercial courts with no single Supreme instance
Relatively cheap and very fast state courts (1-2 months in the 1st instance, 6-9 months for all instances)
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Past
No ADR until August 2008, save for arbitration, primarily international, not much tolerated by state courts
Heavy caseload, particularly in commercial courts (>1000 cases per year)
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Present
More than 60,000 in-court conciliations More than 75% settled Around 90% executed voluntarily Successful trial project with out-of-court
conciliators ADR friendly environment
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Step-by-step
Concept of optimization of rules on commercial procedure - 2008
Chapter 17 of the Code on Commercial Procedure (in-court conciliation) - 2008
Experiment with out-of court conciliators - 2010 Law on [domestic] Arbitration - 2011 Draft Law on Mediation (3 revisions over 2 years) –
2012
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Stakeholders
Working Group: – Supreme Commercial Court– Supreme Court– National Center for Legislation and Legal Research
Interested state bodies– Presidential Administration– Committee of State Control– Ministry of Justice– General Prosecutor’s Office
Legal community
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Critical issues
Level of “juridization” Types of dispute eligible for mediation Level of state control:
– Qualification requirements– Qualification process– Organization forms of mediation activity– Mediation rules and codes of ethics
Agreement to mediate Settlement agreement
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Risk
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Key factors
Positive experience with in-court conciliation Russian Law of Mediation EU Mediation Directive Lack of specific knowledge among stakeholders Human Factor (personal + professional interest;
choosing the right path)
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Perspectives
2nd reading in the Parliament (Upper Chamber) – Winter 2012
Signing by the President 6 months for implementation
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ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA BELARUSThank you!
Tamara SakolchykAssociate
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