Stories

Business, Causes of Conflict, Commercial Mediation, Conventional wisdom, Corporate Counsel's View, Costs in Mediation, Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, General, Mediation Users/Clients, Singapore, Stories, Success in mediation, Uncategorized, Understanding mediation

(National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law)/ /Leave a comment

The Singapore Mediation Lecture 2014 was delivered on 26 September 2014 by Mr. Brad Berenson, the Vice President and Senior Counsel for Litigation and Legal Policy of General Electric. The third lecture in this series, the Singapore Mediation Lecture is a result of a partnership between the Singapore Mediation Centre, the Singapore Management University School…

ADR, Creativity, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Humorous Pieces, Improvisation, Intuition, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct, Poetry, Skills, Stories, Zen

(Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)/ /1 Comment

Hong Kong mediator, lawyer and poet, TK Iu, was introduced to readers by fellow blogger Joel Lee earlier this year. TK’s first published poetic piece on mediation was entitled, ‘A Mediator’s Prayer’, inspired by the Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. If you missed it, it’s well worth the read. In just a few…

Apology, Causes of Conflict, Clients, Communication, Conflict, General, Instinct, Language, Lawyers, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct, Mistakes, Neuroscience, Scotland, Stages of mediation, Stories, Time Pressure, Trust, Uncategorized

(Core Solutions Group)/ /3 Comments

It was just a few moments. “You can’t play on our course without proper golf shoes.” “But we played here two days ago in these shoes.” “My colleague must have made a mistake”. “But it was you who let us play…”. “It’s in our rules.” “Where?” “Here.” “No it’s not. There is nothing about soft…

Business, Commercial Mediation, Communication, Confidentiality, Conflict, conlfict coaching, Conventional wisdom, Decision making, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, Future of mediation, General, Impasse, Improvisation, International Mediation, mediation models, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, mediation traditions, Mediators’ Conduct, Mentoring, Negotiation, Scotland, Skills, Stories, Success in mediation, Tips, Uncategorized

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I write here about two contrasting experiences which have, for me, underscored the richness of the mediation process. In one mediation, involving business partners with an ongoing management issue, one of the protagonists (A) suggested bringing in another partner (D) who was not perceived to be a part of the present problem, simply to observe,…

Causes of Conflict, Commercial Mediation, Conventional wisdom, Humorous Pieces, Stories, Tactics, Uncategorized

(Weiler ADR Inc.)/ /3 Comments

Story telling and humor are among the essential tools in any mediator’s kit. Of course, when it comes to humor, mediators learn early in their career that the self-deprecating variety is usually the safest choice. This turns out to be quite good for me since in my life there is no shortage of material to…

Commercial Mediation, Conventional wisdom, Creativity, Efficiency, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), harmonisation of mediation law, Hong Kong, International Courts, International Law, International Legal Theory and Teaching, International Mediation, Lawyers, Lawyers and Psychologists, mediation as a career, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), mediation traditions, Mediation Users/Clients, Mediators’ Conduct, Memory and Illusions, Mentoring, Mistakes, Singapore, Standards, Status, Stories, Success in mediation, Switzerland, Understanding mediation, War Stories

(Brick Court Chambers / Clifton Chambers)/ /Leave a comment

Having last week returned to New Zealand from Singapore where I was honoured take part in the launch of the ICC Mediation Rules, I saw first hand the support for mediation in Singapore from powerful institutions like the Singapore Judiciary and the Ministry of Law. Singapore, and my guess is Asia in general, is in the…

Communication, Conflict, General, Governments/Public Sector, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct, Negotiation, peace negotiations, Stages of mediation, Stories, Success in mediation, Switzerland, Transformation

(Bill Marsh Mediator)/ /10 Comments

Like many of us, I listened with rapt attention to the reporting from Geneva of the Syrian peace talks last week. So much is at stake. And so much of it feels very familiar to me as a mediator. One particularly interesting item was a radio interview last Saturday with a Syrian media officer who…

Accreditation, ADR, Availability of Mediators, Clients, Commercial Mediation, Court Procedure and Litigation, Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, Future of mediation, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), harmonisation of mediation law, International Mediation, Jurisdiction, Legal Issues, Legal Practice, Legislation, Mediation Act, Mediation Institutions and Rules, Mediation Practice, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), National Mediation Laws, Reform, Samoa, Stories, Training, Understanding mediation

(Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)/ /1 Comment

From the Samoan Observer 28 August 2013 Chief Justice, His Honour Patu Tiava’asue Falefatu Sapolu yesterday launched Samoa’s Mediation Rules 2013 during a gathering at the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) fale. Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi was among Cabinet Ministers and senior government officials present. Also present was the Speaker of the House, La’auli Leuatea…

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(Brick Court Chambers / Clifton Chambers)/ /Leave a comment

While these mediations are commercial at heart, they beat with a cultural pulse and there is a sense of majesty as the Crown sits down to kōrero with Iwi … gather around, for the history of the real Middle Earth is not one of hobbits and magical rings, but of a people struggling to coexist in a…