The independent expert as an alternative dispute resolution method: an interesting institution with some open questions.

The webinar focused on reviewing the Draft Bill’s efforts to encourage alternative or appropriate methods of dispute resolution, with the participation of seven speakers and a moderator. Carlos Valls, partner at Augusta Abogados, dedicated the most important part of his presentation to defining the figure of the “independent expert” provided for in the current wording of the Draft Bill, and its differentiation from arbitration, from the “adjudicator” of English construction contracts, from the third party arbitrator ex art. 1447 of the CC, and from the binding offer, contemplated in the Draft Bill as well.