List of figures
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xi |
List of tables
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xii |
Acknowledgements
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xiii |
Introduction
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1 |
A financial crisis with global proportions
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1 |
Viewing consumer financial dispute resolution in a theoretical context
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3 |
Overview of methodology
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5 |
Structure of the book
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8 |
Part I Principles
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11 |
1 Principles of consumer financial dispute resolution in a global context
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13 |
Introduction
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13 |
Theoretical perspectives on the impact of globalisation on international legal practice
|
14 |
Principles of consumer financial dispute resolution
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16 |
Summary
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31 |
Part II Ombuds systems
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33 |
2 Financial dispute resolution in the United Kingdom
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35 |
Introduction
|
35 |
Financial alternative dispute resolution programmes
|
40 |
Procedures of the Financial Ombudsman Service
|
47 |
Statistics
|
50 |
Service providers
|
51 |
Oversight
|
51 |
Strengths
|
52 |
Challenges
|
55 |
Lessons learned
|
62 |
Conclusion: the UK Ombuds Model and its contribution to consumer confidence
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62 |
3 Financial dispute resolution in Australia
|
64 |
Introduction
|
64 |
Alternative dispute resolution in Australia
|
65 |
Financial alternative dispute resolution programmes
|
71 |
The Credit Ombudsman Service Limited
|
72 |
Underlying legal mandate
|
72 |
Types of dispute
|
75 |
Strengths
|
87 |
Challenges
|
88 |
Lessons learned
|
89 |
Contribution to consumer confidence and domestic financial performance
|
90 |
4 Financial dispute resolution in Japan
|
92 |
Introduction
|
92 |
Background
|
92 |
Japan’s new financial ombuds system
|
93 |
FINMAC
|
96 |
Types of dispute
|
98 |
Consumer financial dispute resolution in Japanese courts
|
99 |
Lessons learned
|
101 |
Contribution to consumer confidence
|
102 |
Part II overview: survey findings regarding the ombuds process
|
103 |
Survey design
|
103 |
Sample pool and distribution
|
103 |
Benefits of using an ombuds process for consumer financial dispute resolution
|
105 |
Areas for improvement
|
106 |
Suggestions for further development
|
107 |
Conclusion
|
108 |
Part III Arbitration systems
|
109 |
5 Financial dispute resolution in the United States
|
111 |
Introduction
|
111 |
The American Arbitration Association
|
111 |
Challenges and shortcomings of mandatory consumer credit card arbitration
|
113 |
Financial dispute resolution through FINRA
|
114 |
Self-regulatory organisations: FINRA
|
115 |
FINRA mandate and function
|
120 |
Underlying legal mandate
|
122 |
Types of dispute
|
122 |
Oversight
|
126 |
Strengths
|
126 |
Challenges
|
127 |
Contribution to consumer confidence
|
132 |
Contribution to domestic financial performance
|
135 |
6 Financial dispute resolution in Singapore
|
137 |
Background
|
137 |
Financial alternative dispute resolution programmes
|
139 |
Structure
|
140 |
Underlying legal mandate
|
140 |
Dispute resolution
|
142 |
Strengths
|
148 |
Challenges
|
149 |
Lessons learned
|
149 |
7 Financial dispute resolution in Hong Kong
|
152 |
Background
|
152 |
Strengths
|
162 |
Challenges
|
163 |
Lessons learned
|
166 |
Contribution to domestic financial performance and consumer confidence
|
168 |
Part III overview: survey findings regarding the arbitration process
|
169 |
Benefits of using an arbitration process for consumer financial disputes
|
170 |
Challenges in implementing the use of arbitration in consumer financial disputes
|
172 |
Suggestions for improving overall efficacy of the arbitration process in consumer financial disputes
|
174 |
Conclusion
|
175 |
8 Emerging systems: financial dispute resolution in China
|
176 |
Background
|
176 |
Underlying legal mandate
|
177 |
Financial alternative dispute resolution programmes
|
177 |
Strengths
|
183 |
Challenges
|
184 |
Part IV Practice
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187 |
9 Synthesising lessons learned and policy recommendations
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189 |
Background
|
189 |
Jurisdiction
|
191 |
Assessment and recommendations
|
196 |
Dispute type
|
196 |
Assessment and recommendations
|
203 |
Procedural models
|
203 |
Assessment and recommendations
|
207 |
Second stage: mediation/conciliation
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208 |
Assessment and recommendations
|
211 |
Third step: a fork in the road – ombuds or arbitration process
|
211 |
Assessment and recommendations
|
220 |
Awards
|
221 |
Assessment and recommendations
|
221 |
Costs
|
224 |
Purposes of charging
|
224 |
Assessment and recommendations
|
225 |
Assessing consumer financial dispute resolution in a regulatory setting
|
225 |
Systemic issues and parallel jurisdiction
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231 |
Regulator intervention and parallel jurisdiction
|
232 |
Distinguishing between regulatory and non-regulatory financial dispute resolution schemes in other jurisdictions
|
235 |
Assessing the appropriateness of dispute resolution methods for financial regulation
|
237 |
Regulatory structure informing the future shape of financial dispute resolution
|
239 |
Conclusion: the way forward
|
241 |
Bibliography
|
244 |
Index
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261 |