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In a recent ruling in CA-G.R. SP No. 144125, Wing-An Construction & Development Corporation v. Construction Industry Arbitration Commission and Landco Pacific Corporation, the 16th Division of the Court of Appeals, through Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario, ruled that a former associate of a party’s counsel may be disqualified from sitting as an arbitrator— 35 [...]

The Asia-Pacific Forum for International Arbitration (AFIA) has appointed new committee members for the 2017 term. The appointees were chosen from among arbitration practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region and globally. PDRC Trustee Donemark Calimon will the Philippines’ country representative to the AFIA. Mr. Calimon is a partner and head of Quisumbing Torres’ Dispute Resolution Practice [...]

PDRCI Secretary General Atty. Roberto Dio (fourth from left), Trustee Mario Valderrama (standing, six fromleft), Atty. Luis de la Paz, Cebu road show champion (third from right), and Asst. Sec. Gen. Francisco Pabilla, Jr.,(rightmost), together with the participants of the Cebu ADR forum. PDRCI launched its road show to promote alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in [...]

From left: MTRCB Board Members Atty. Eric Henry Joseph F. Mallonga, Atty. Noel R. Del Prado, Atty. Ricardo M.Salomon, Jr. and Atty. Jose Antonio K. Veloso, and MTRCB Chairperson Eugenio H. Villareal; PDRCI PresidentMr. Gregorio S. Navarro, PDRCI Secretary General Atty. Roberto N. Dio, and PDRCI Trustee Atty. Charlie Ho.   After more than a [...]

In its Decision dated June 29, 2016 in G.R. No. 210858, Department of Foreign Affairs v. BCA International Corporation, the Second Division of the Supreme Court ruled that the deliberative process privilege can be invoked in a domestic arbitration under Republic Act No. 9285 (2004), the “Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004.” In its appeal [...]

The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced on its website on June 16, 2016 that it appointed PDRC immediate past President and current Trustee Victor P. Lazatin as one of 16 new members from fourteen countries to serve terms commencing on July 1, 2016 until June 30, 2018. Elections [...]

Among the changes being proposed in the new Corporation Code by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the adoption of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a mode of resolving intra-corporate disputes. SEC Chair Teresita J. Herbosa, who spoke at PDRC’s annual general meeting last July 15, 2016, described how the Commission will roll [...]

Acting on the May 12, 2015 letter of Atty. Jennifer H. dela Cruz, President of the Association of Clerks of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriffs (ACCES), the Supreme Court (SC) issued a Resolution dated Februar y 2, 2016 in A.M. No. 15-07-12-SC, clarif ying that that court sheriffs may not enforce writs of execution issued by [...]

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has taken a proactive role in promoting alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by creating a database of arbitrators and by launching a training workshop on arbitration. At the last 22nd IBP House of Delegates Convention on January 29 to 31, 2016 in General Santos City, one of the modules [...]

Department of Justice Building The Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution (OADR) has set up two Technical Working Groups (TWG) to propose revisions to current alternative dispute resolution (ADR) laws and rules. At the initiative of PDRC member Atty. Jesusito Morallos, the OADR issued on September 17, 2015 its Office Order 1419 creating a TWG on [...]