The Law Society of Australia is hosting a webinar on Pendulum Arbitration of 5th June. Philip McNamara will be in the chair and I will be presenting.

Details are at the LSSA website. The content of their notice is:

Wednesday 5 June, 2024 | 04:30pm – 06:00pm | In-Person & by Webinar
1.5 CPD units (Practice Management/Business Skills)

Presenter: Robert Fenwick Elliott, Pendulum Arbitrator and Mediator
Chair: Philip McNamara KC, Murray Chambers

An explanation of what pendulum arbitration (aka baseball arbitration) is, what its advantages are, how it works in practice and how to implement it. This session will provide a practical guide for practitioners to when to recommend pendulum arbitration, how to implement it, and what to expect.
Pendulum arbitration combines the speed and cost advantages of mediation with the certainty of a binding result. It is successfully used elsewhere in the common law world but is still in its infancy in Australia. Practitioners who are early adopters, and their clients, have an opportunity for significant advantage over those who are limited to more traditional dispute resolution techniques.

Registration Fees:
Platinum/GDLP Members: Free
Members (admitted more than three years): $110
Members (admitted less than three years): $85
Non-Members: $160

It is never easy getting unfamiliar ways of doing things adopted, but hopefully, practitioners will attend this presentation and start using pendulum arbitration in suitable cases. Once practitioners are familiar with the process, it should take off.

Well worth a look, I’d say.