Better Call the Board: Adjudication as a Key to Conflict Management
On May 16, within the framework of RIAC 2025, RAC held a discussion dedicated to a new method of dispute prevention and resolution for the domestic jurisdiction - adjudication. During the interactive session, speakers talked about real examples of adjudication application, peculiarities of enforcing adjudicators’ decisions, and also discussed key considerations within this ADR procedure that must be taken into account in modern realities.
The speakers included Robert Sliwinski, barrister, chairman of the RAC adjudication committee, arbitrator (CIArb), accredited adjudicator and mediator; Rajdeep Chaudhuri, barrister from 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square (London), advocate (India) and independent arbitrator; Vladimir Kostsov, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Master of Law from Harvard University, lecturer at HSE University and counsel at Stonebridge Legal; Stanislava Sosnina, head of the legal support direction for main activity at RAOS Project; and Daniil Petrukh, senior lawyer and head of the international arbitration direction at SIBUR.
The session was moderated by Valeria Butyrina, Deputy CEO of the RAC at RIMA.
The event allowed participants to better understand the specifics of adjudication as an effective dispute resolution tool that is only beginning to develop in Russia and is not yet regulated at the legislative level. The speakers discussed various adjudication models, including contractual dispute resolution boards and the peculiarities of their functioning in international practice.
