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ADR, Artificial Intelligene, Developing the Field, Gender, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Mediation Users/Clients, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Practical Challenges for Mediators

(NZ Centre for ICT Law & School of Law, Auckland University)/ /1 Comment

This blog entry has its origins in two threads of conversation. First, as I write, we are just three weeks out from the 2018 Forum on Online Dispute Resolution, to be hosted by the NZ Centre for ICT Law and Auckland Law School. What has been an annual – even flagship – Forum is now…

ADR, Court Procedure and Litigation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement of a Mediation Clause, Lawyers, lawyers in mediation, Legal Issues, mediated settlement agreement, Mediation Practice, Reflective Practice, Set Aside a Mediated Agreement, Settlement Agreements, Singapore, Uncategorized

, (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)/ /4 Comments

Hot off the press, the case of Chan Gek Yong v Violet Netto (practising as L F Violet Netto) and another and another matter [2018] SGHC 208 (‘Violet Netto’) decided by the Singapore High Court provides us with clues as to the Court’s general attitude towards mediation and mediated settlement agreements (‘MSAs’). It is useful…

ADR, Developing the Field, Europe, Legislation, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), National Mediation Laws, Promoting Mediation, Reform

(Meidanis Seremetakis & Associates)/ /2 Comments

It was only on the 31st of May when I published a blog on the new Greek mediation law. Just a few months later a part II, or rather a sequel, seems necessary. As discussed in my first blog on the matter, compulsory mediation was recently enacted in Greece by the new mediation law in…

ADR, Dispute Resolution, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Personal Development, Success in mediation

(Weiler ADR Inc.)/ /Leave a comment

You’re mediating an insurance matter. The angry and cynical male plaintiff wails, “They’re insulting me with this offer! But, what else should I expect from a f*****g insurance company!?” The “seen it all before” plaintiff’s lawyer wearily closes her laptop. “That’s it!”, she says. “We’re outta here unless you go back and get us a…

ADR, China, Co-mediation, Commercial Mediation, cross-border mediation, Developing the Field, Italy, Mediation Practice

(The Italy China Business Mediation Centre)/ /Leave a comment

A recent experience as co-mediator for the Italy China Business Mediation Centre  (a mediation centre jointly run by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration and CCPIT Mediation Centre) with a CCPIT (The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade) mediator from China in a commercial dispute between a Chinese company and an Italian company, has…

ADR, Appointment of Mediators, Bias, Decision making, Disclosure, Due Process, Ethics, Mediation Practice, Mentoring, Neutrality, Stories, Trust

(FORARB/Charles University)/ /4 Comments

In one of my recent cases, the question of impartiality appeared in quite an irregular way. It happened when I entered the mediation room where both parties were seated together with their lawyers. They were drinking coffee and making small talk. To my surprise, one of the lawyers looked quite familiar. Just for a moment,…

ADR, Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, cross-border mediation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, International Mediation, Japan, Promoting Mediation, UNCITRAL

(Waseda University) and (University of Sydney & Williams Trade Law)/ /2 Comments

These are heady days in international mediation circles. A panel discussion earlier this summer at an UNCITRAL conference entitled “Feel the Earth Move – Shifts in the International Dispute Resolution Landscape,” dedicated largely to mediation, captures the sentiment. Reasons for the excitement include the approval of a draft of the UNCITRAL treaty for enforcing mediated…

ADR, Communication, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Intuition, Mediation Practice, Neuroscience, Perception, Training

(Kwok, Ng & Chan, Solicitors & Notaries)/ /Leave a comment

Quite often, we hear mediators and mediation trainers using the fable of “Blind Men and an Elephant”, which is a story about several blind persons describing an elephant differently out of their own experience by way of their respective touches of the different parts of the same elephant, to illustrate that a party’s own interpretation…

ADR, Business, Commercial Mediation, Dispute Resolution

(International Counsel, Arbitrator and Mediator)/ /Leave a comment

Culture Includes Corporate Culture in Business Mediations Many articles have been written about cross-cultural negotiation and the role of culture of participants in international mediations. However, relatively little has been said about the role of corporate culture. Those of us who have worked in small and large enterprises know first-hand what this means. Practically every…

ADR, Artificial Intelligene, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, Mediation Practice, Technology

, (CEDR - Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution)/ /2 Comments

Artificial Intelligence (AI), the notion that computerised systems can replace human thought processes and interactions, continues to gain traction in all areas of life including the legal profession and in particular in the field of dispute resolution. Lex Machina, a Data-mining computer programme created at Stanford University in 2006, has been used to look for…