by Cooling Off, MFSD’s Digital Review Introduction – Rethinking Access to Justice in a Digital Market Access to justice in the European Union is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Increasingly, its effectiveness is assessed not by formal judicial availability alone, but by the capacity of legal systems to deliver timely, proportionate and intelligible outcomes in complex, digital and cross-border market environments. Against this background, the adoption of Directive (EU)...

🏵️ In recent days, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) annexed to Unified Patent Court (UPC) has formally communicated the admission of qualified professionals as Neutrals within the PMAC framework. Many of these professionals have been trained by MFSD and are already included in our panels and lists, making this milestone particularly meaningful for our community and a clear sign of the quality and consistency of the work carried out over time. 👨‍🏫 Against this backdrop,...

by Cooling Off - The MFSD’s Digital Review A Home-Grown Hybrid Justice Model Sri Lanka has developed one of the most extensive and trusted community-based mediation systems in the world. For more than three decades, the nationwide network of Community Mediation Boards (CMBs) has provided fast, accessible and low-cost dispute resolution, handling hundreds of thousands of cases each year with consistently high levels of public confidence. The system is deliberately hybrid. It combines central...