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This week the 5th World Summit on Elder Mediation is taking place in Glasgow: see http://www.eldermediation.ca/styled-2/index.html. It is an inspiring gathering, bringing together mediators from Canada, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, England and Scotland, all committed to helping older people deal with conflict in a way that is humane and just. The range of issues is daunting…

Clients, Lawyers, Mediation Users/Clients, Switzerland

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In the previous post I had submitted a check-list published by the Mediation Chamber of the Bar of Canton of Vaud (Switzerland) to the attention of Judges in order to enable them to identify, in civil and commercial matters, situations for which mediation could be appropriate. Another check-list – closely similar to that for the…

Appointment of Mediators, Availability of Mediators, Clients, Commercial Mediation, Confidentiality, Confidentiality and Transparency, Developing the Field, General, Lawyers, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct

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We were pleased to see the recent launch of the Commercial Mediation Group covered by the Editor’s blogpost last month. So why set up the Group, what are we doing and where is this headed? As for the thinking behind the initiative, the Editor hit the nail on the head. For many years the ‘mediation…

Bias, Clients, Conciliation, Conflict, General, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Mediators’ Conduct

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I recently came across a new word – new to me, at least, which was irritating because I pride myself on having a pretty good vocabulary. The word is “Chaordic”. To quote Wikipedia, “The portmanteau chaordic refers to a system of governance that blends characteristics of chaos and order”. The term was apparently coined in…

Causes of Conflict, Clients, Confidentiality and Transparency, Conflict, Developing the Field, Ethics, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct, Training

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In mediation, the art of the mediator is to lead the mediation participants to the best possible solution of their conflict, based on their underlying interests. It is the art of seduction to shift the focus from their points of view and desired outcomes to interests, and also from the escalation-driven wish to “win” and…

Appointment of Mediators, Availability of Mediators, Clients, Commercial Mediation, Confidentiality, Confidentiality and Transparency, Developing the Field, General, Lawyers, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct

(Bill Marsh Mediator)/ /2 Comments

These days, I don’t go to that many mediation conferences. I haven’t lost my interest or passion for mediation, I just find that the conferences are all full of mediators talking to mediators. And while some of my best friends are mediators, I don’t need a conference to talk to them. The harsh truth is…

Clients, Confidentiality, Confidentiality and Transparency, Disclosure, Family Mediation, General, Language, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Mediators’ Conduct, Negotiation, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Uncategorized

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Mediation doesn’t require special premises. It can be conducted in any type of place. There are Native Title mediations for Indigenous Australians that can happen at least in part on the land in question, under a tree or on a hill side. Mediations in the workplace often happen in the place where the dispute originally…

Availability of Mediators, Clients, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, Ethics, General, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Success in mediation

(ADR Center Romania)/ /3 Comments

The mediators are complex personalities. The mediators are part of the world-wide intellectual elite by promoting the purpose, the importance and the usefulness of the collaborative thinking in the pursuit of a vision founded on the quality of life. The mediators are helping people with cleaning the “dust of ignorance” off the human diamante, rediscovering…

Accreditation, Appointment of Mediators, Arbitration, Clients, Developing the Field, Due Process, Ethics, Europe, General, Governments/Public Sector, harmonisation of mediation law, Mediation Agreement, Mediation Institutions and Rules, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct, Regulation, Responsibility of States, Standards, Success in mediation, Training

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Quality standards for the mediator? What conditions are needed for the successful outcome of a mediation? Without parties’ commitment to really resolve the conflict and settle the case, no success is possible. So commitment of the parties is a sine qua non. Still, we must also look at the mediator, who may be essential for…