Climate Contract Playbook Edition 3
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Location of Hearings 4. Parties agree, 5. where appropriate, to hold procedural hearings and hearings of one day or less by video- conference. 6. Parties agree, where appropriate, to hold a hybrid hearing whereby legal counsel for the parties and the Tribunal (including the Tribunal Secretary, where appropriate) are all in the same physical location and where some or all experts and witnesses are permitted to provide oral testimony by way of video-conference. Hearing Bundles 7. Parties agree, where reasonable, to use electronic hearing bundles only. Where possible, the bundles should be prepared in a format which can be electronically highlighted and annotated. 8. Parties agree, where reasonable, to provide electronic copies of opening and closing oral presentations only. 9. Parties agree to dispose of hard copies of any hearing bundle (including bundles for witnesses and/or experts) after the hearing in an environmentally-friendly, confidential and secure manner. Travel to Hearings 10. Parties will minimise unnecessary travel both within their own team and within their counsel team and, where it is necessary to travel, to do so using the minimum number of trips. 11. Parties and counsel will travel to hearings in as environmentally-friendly a manner as possible (for example, using hybrid or electric cars where possible). 12. Parties will use their best endeavours to offset any carbon emissions associated with air travel to and from the hearing.
Module 7 Settlement
1. Parties agree that settlement discussions are to be had by way of video or conference call, where possible. 2. Parties agree that, where possible, the signing of the settlement agreement and consequent award shall be done in counterparts to avoid travelling to meet in person, in particular where such travel would require international travel. 3. Parties agree to consider, where possible, as part of the settlement, how they can take steps to offset the climate impact of the dispute. 4. Parties agree to consider, where possible, charitable initiatives, as part of the settlement, in relation to the subject matter of the dispute or as part of any payment under the settlement.
Module 8 End of Dispute
1. Parties agree to assess at the end of the dispute whether any hard copy documents need to be retained to avoid the need to reprint in the future. 2. Parties agree to consider at the end of the dispute, how they can take steps to offset the climate impact of the dispute.
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