Past Trainings

CRCICA has been recently approved as a Recognized Course Provider authorized to provide the training courses qualifying for the membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). By virtue of this one of the kind stance in the whole Arab region, CRCICA is entitled to hold both CIArb modules; Module I: Law of obligations and Civil Evidence which prepares candidates having no legal background to participate at Module 2: Law of Arbitration. Candidates are then entitled to apply for the CIArb membership. The first CRCICA version of Module I was held on 17-20 January 2016 under the customized thematic approach “The Contract and the Rules of Responsibility and Evidence”. This tailored program stroke a unique balance between local and regional practices and jurisdictions and international law and practices. The curriculum included: (I) General Introduction to Law- Sources of Obligations- Making of Contracts- Terms of Contracts; (II) Privity of contract- Interpretation of contract- performance- remedies for breach- Termination; (III)Tort and Evidence Law. The program addressed the general introduction to law, explained the meaning of the legal rule and the hierarchy of norms, and focused on contract law and Evidence law from a civil law perspective, and in comparison with the main concepts of common law. The program also addressed tort law, as well as elements of liability for tort and for breach of contract. The conditions of the liability in both cases are similar and treated by famous scholars in the same chapters, the sole difference being the element of the fault. Evidence as applied before courts and arbitral tribunals under Egyptian Law was also addressed. 31 Participants, who were mostly contract managers and engineers, were guided through Power Point presentations, writings of famous scholars in the field, court decisions and practical examples, through the process of making, performing and terminating contracts. Participants’ assessment consisted of two sections; the first one posed two questions and a mock case in Evidence Law and tort law. The second section consisted of two complicated mock cases which included issues related to contractual terms, interpretation and performance of contracts, breach of contractual obligations and remedies thereto and limitation on liability and its conditions. The assessment aimed at showing the level of understanding of the candidates and their ability to present and express their views in law of obligations, evidence and tort law as well as to apply the knowledge they acquired to analyze facts and legal issues and to suggest the best solutions for them.

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The fourth module of CRCICA training program on: "Comparative Commercial Arbitration: Theory and Practice" (CCATP) was held at Dr. Aboul-Enein's hearing room from 22 to 25 December 2014. In this module, the "Arbitral Award" was handled in depth as based on most recent court judgments in different jurisdictions. Reference documents included a huge collection of court decisions which were regularly updated, analytic articles, expert commentaries and a model arbitral award. In groups, participants drafted an arbitral award based on the facts of a mock case. With varying professional backgrounds, participants came from Egypt and Jordan.  

It is incumbent upon professional representatives, also called mediation advocates, to negotiate within the mediation framework to the highest level of skill and technique. The course redefined mediation from the perspective of the mediation advocate and outlined duties of mediation advocates and specific duties held by mediation advocates who are also practicing lawyers. Most interestingly, it offered participants a negotiation protocol specifically geared to anticipating and meeting the challenges of mediation. Attendees were a variety of lawyers, in-house counsel, university professors, and engineers on the art of representing parties during mediation.  

IFC in collaboration with its local partners plans to sponsor a major mediation book project envisioned to be "the definitive leading text on mediation in Egypt and in the region". This workshop agreed to explore the potential of drafting the book. Re-assessment will take place early February.  

In collaboration with Ain Shams University, Dr. Alexander trained thirty students from the School of Law, Ain Shams University on the basics of mediation. Students reported high satisfaction and some reported they wanted to start their career in mediation.