Dispute Resolution Services
Expert Services International provides dispute resolution services across sixteen jurisdictions spanning the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. Our practice encompasses commercial arbitration, expert determination, mediation, security of payment adjudication, dispute boards, expedited arbitration and conciliation. Select a jurisdiction below to explore the applicable dispute resolution frameworks and our services within that jurisdiction.
International Practice
Each jurisdiction maintains distinct legislative frameworks and institutional rules governing arbitration, mediation, adjudication, expert determination and other forms of dispute resolution. The guides below cover the dispute resolution framework applicable in each location, including the governing legislation, arbitration institutions and their rules, and the mechanisms available for construction and infrastructure disputes.
Asia-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region encompasses significant construction and infrastructure markets. The guides below cover the applicable frameworks in each jurisdiction, including the distinction between common law and civil law systems and how that affects expert witness practice and dispute resolution.
International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth), state and territory Commercial Arbitration Acts, ACICA Rules 2021, Resolution Institute Arbitration Rules 2023, Resolution Institute Expert Determination Rules 2024, mediation, state-specific security of payment legislation (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT), dispute boards and conciliation.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Ordinance Cap. 609, HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules, Mediation Ordinance Cap. 620, Apology Ordinance Cap. 631, construction adjudication proposals, expert determination.
View jurisdiction guide →International Arbitration Act (Cap. 143A), Arbitration Act (Cap. 10), SIAC Rules, SIMC mediation, Singapore Convention on Mediation, Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, expedited arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act 2005 (Act 646, amended 2018 and 2024), AIAC Arbitration Rules 2026, Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA), Mediation Act 2012, expert determination.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China 1994 (amended 2017), CIETAC Rules 2024, BAC (Beijing Arbitration Commission), Construction Law 1997, mediation-arbitration (med-arb), People's Mediation, Belt and Road dispute resolution.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (amended 2019), MCIA (Mumbai), DIAC (Delhi) arbitration, Commercial Courts Act 2015, Lok Adalat conciliation, MSME facilitation.
View jurisdiction guide →Law No. 30 of 1999 on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, BANI Rules 2025, Construction Services Law 2017 (Law No. 2 of 2017), mediation, expert determination.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act 2003 (Act No. 138, amended 2023), JCAA Rules, JIDRC (Japan International Dispute Resolution Centre), Construction Business Act, Construction Dispute Review Committees (Kensetsu Funso Shinsa Kai), mediation (chotei) and conciliation.
View jurisdiction guide →Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 2004 (Republic Act No. 9285), PDRCI (Philippine Dispute Resolution Centre Inc.) Rules, CIAC (Construction Industry Arbitration Commission), Executive Order No. 1008, court-annexed mediation.
View jurisdiction guide →Korean Arbitration Act (Act No. 6083, amended 2016), KCAB International Arbitration Rules, Framework Act on the Construction Industry, construction dispute mechanisms, mediation.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act (amended 2015), CAA (Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei) Arbitration Rules, Construction Industry Act, Public Construction Commission dispute mechanisms, mediation, expert determination.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act B.E. 2545 (2002), THAC (Thailand Arbitration Center) Rules, Thai Arbitration Institute (Office of the Judiciary), mediation, expert determination.
View jurisdiction guide →Law on Commercial Arbitration 2010 (Law 54/2010/QH12), VIAC Rules, Construction Law 2014 (amended 2020), mediation, expert determination.
View jurisdiction guide →Europe & North America
The United Kingdom, United States and Canada are common law jurisdictions (Quebec operates a civil law system for private matters) with well-established expert witness and dispute resolution practices supported by statutory frameworks and extensive case law.
Arbitration Act 1996, LCIA Rules, ICC Rules, Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (statutory adjudication), Technology and Construction Court (TCC), CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), CEDR mediation.
View jurisdiction guide →Federal Arbitration Act 1925, state Revised Uniform Arbitration Acts, AAA-ICDR Rules, JAMS Rules, mediation, Dispute Resolution Boards (DRBs), AIA and ConsensusDocs contract provisions.
View jurisdiction guide →Federal Commercial Arbitration Act, BC Arbitration Act 2020, Ontario Arbitration Act 1991, ADR Institute Rules, Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act 2023, Ontario Construction Act (prompt payment and adjudication), mediation, expert determination.
View jurisdiction guide →International Practice
Expert Services International can provide services across all sixteen jurisdictions listed above. Our consultants are experienced in applying the procedural requirements, institutional rules and professional standards of each jurisdiction, and in understanding the practical requirements of dispute resolution in different legal systems. Whether your dispute is proceeding in Asian-Pacific, European or North American forums, we bring specialist knowledge of the particular framework applicable in that location.
