Should Mediation Be Free? by Sabine Walsh April 2017 Kluwer Mediation Blog It’s a no brainer, right? Of course mediation should be free, then many more people would use it, it would solve the problem of court waiting lists and huge legal aid bills right? Shouldn’t it? Or should it. What does free really mean? […]
ICC Mediation Competition 2017: in conversation with the finalists Bill Marsh (Editor) (Bill Marsh Mediator) and Anna Howard (Associate Editor) (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London)/April 9, 2017 / I (Bill) remember doing my first commercial mediation. I was 29, and in the presence of the four parties and their advisers […]
Is Mediation A Business? Stephen Walker (Goodman Walker)/April 11, 2017 /3 Comments In the first of a series of blogs on the business of mediation, Stephen Walker, author of Setting Up In Business As A Mediator (Bloomsbury Dec 2015), discusses whether mediation is a business at all. Is Mediation A Business? The short answer is yes, […]
THE BLOG 11/18/2014 12:03 pm ET | Updated Jan 18, 2015 How To Select The Best Mediator Is a Must Read for Everyone By Mark Baer GETTY 130 Generally speaking, mediation is unregulated, which means that anyone may call themselves a “mediator” and any process involving a “mediator” is called “mediation.” On October 22, 2014, […]
Jack and Jill Go Up a Hill….and Argue! Imagine this scenario: “Jack” is having a conversation with “Jill” about whether to go up the hill to fetch a pail of water. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_(nursery_rhyme)) From out of nowhere, Jill makes an offhand but biting remark to which Jack responds negatively. The ensuing conversation gets totally off track […]
Chuck Doran Mediator and Executive Director at MWI By Chuck Doran and Megan Winkeler Mediators are masters of listening well. Conflict has a habit of turning conversations into competitions, with each statement feeling like a serve that you have to return in order to win a point. Mediators transform the purpose of these conversations […]
in Business Law by James Naughton on 05 March 2016 If you’re involved in a commercial dispute, either as a plaintiff or defendant, you’ll probably be required to participate in a mediation. This is an important part of the Court process and while not mandatory, this step is usually required. There’s a reason why mediation […]
FEATURE: How To Take Control When You Have No Control Most of us like to live our lives with a sense of control. We intentionally organize our lives in ways that will give us a strong foundation and security to be able to thrive. Feeling a sense of control gives us the confidence to be […]
Missing in Action: Attention, Empathy and Trust In recent years, much has been made of the fact that we are living in the digital age: we are tethered to our smartphones, iPad, laptops and other devices and are heavily dependent on them. Much like Pavlov’s dogs, whenever our smartphone beeps, vibrates, rings et cetera, we […]
Call for Participation in a Questionnaire on Dispute Resolution Clauses There is a lack of clarity regarding the obligations that arise from dispute resolution agreements with a mediation/conciliation component. In order to reduce this uncertainty, a chapter of the BOF funded PhD research of Maryam Salehijam (supervisor: Professor Maud Piers) from the Transnational Law Center at the University of […]
