Conference: You have a dispute, what do you do? Try arbitration

A sluggish judicial system is a setback for business. With a maturing real estate market in Poland, the number of disputes arising out of leases, purchase contracts, professional services contracts, building contracts, financing agreements and others, is rapidly increasing. The courts are costly, time consuming and unsatisfactory. The time has come to promote and develop the alternative of arbitration as a method of dispute resolution at local, national and international levels.

The Polish Association of Real Estate Counselors (PAREC), and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) are pleased to host this pioneering conference, inviting leading Polish and International experts to describe the current arbitration processes in Europe and Poland. The conference programme will include a live arbitration hearing.

The conference will appeal to all property professionals, lawyers, judges, arbitrators, investors, fund managers and the business community in general.

Topics:

  • Arbitration in the Polish and European real estate market as an alternative form of dispute resolution
  • The role of the Polish Court of Arbitration, its rules and regulations
  • Relationship between regular Court proceedings and Arbitration, under Polish Law
  • Training and Education of Arbitrators in Poland - the way forward
  • New York Convention Awards

Speakers:

  • Professor Józef Okolski, President of the Court of Arbitration, Polish Chamber of Commerce
  • Eugen Salpius, President of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Professor Stanisława Kalus, University of Silesia
  • Paul Whitley, Arbitrator, Architect and Property Developer
  • Andrzej Kalus, Chairman, PAREC
  • Zdzisława Ledzion-Trojanowska, Board Member, PAREC
  • Chris Grzesik, Chairman RICS Europe, Managing Director Polish Properties

Specialist Panels:

  • Harold Crowter, Chartered Arbitrator/Chartered Surveyor, Managing Director Harold Crowter Associates
  • Roger Dyer, Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator and Architect
  • Adrian Gibbs, Barrister and Advocate

Friday 1st July 2005
9.30 to 17.00
Radisson Hotel, ul. Grzybowska 24, Warsaw