Commercial Mediation

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The Olympics have come and gone with all of the emotion and inspiration they bring. In our recent, fully-subscribed, residential Summer School on mediation skills for leaders, we reflected on the learning from Rio. We watched a video replay of the men’s taekwondo -80kg final in which Team GB’s Lutalo Muhammad lost to his Ivory…

ADR, Commercial Mediation, cross-border mediation, Dispute Resolution, Europe, Future of mediation

(UCL Faculty of Laws) and (Serle Court)/ /Leave a comment

We first worked together in the competition law department of an international law firm. 14 years have since passed – at a spirited pace – and we now find ourselves, for an assortment of reasons and opportunities, working in mediation. On a rainy summer’s day in London, I met with Suzanne Rab, a barrister at…

Commercial Mediation, cross-border mediation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement of an ADR Clause, EU Mediation Directive, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), harmonisation of mediation law, Legal Issues, Legal Practice, Legislation, Mediation Agreement, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), regulatory robustness rating for mediation, Settlement Agreements

(Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy) and (Sabine Walsh Mediation)/ /Leave a comment

Yes, here it is. The final part of the Regulatory Robustness Rating (RRR) trilogy. For those of you who are just picking up the RRR topic for the first time, you might like to check out Part 1 and Part 2 first. You will recall that the aim of the Rating System is to offer…

Apology, Bias, Clients, Cognitive Bias, Commercial Mediation, Confidentiality, Decision making, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, Impasse, Interests, Joint Sessions, mediated settlement agreement, Mediation Agreement, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Mistakes, Neuroscience, Perception, Scotland, Stages of mediation, Stories, Uncategorized

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“Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar” “Traveller, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.” Antonio Machado, as quoted and translated in Daring Greatly, Brene Brown Those were two very long and eventful days. Though the prospect of reaching an agreement appeared remote – at best – at…

ADR, Commercial Mediation, Conciliation, Court Procedure and Litigation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Domestic Courts, Lawyers, Legal Practice, Litigation, Mediation Institutions and Rules, Mediation Lawyering, Mediation Practice, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Singapore

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The year 2016 has so far been a significant one for Singapore in the area of ADR. The opening of the Singapore Legal Year saw the Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr. Sundaresh Menon introducing various ADR-related initiatives in family justice cases and medical malpractice matters. This has been explored in a previous blog entry here….

ADR, Commercial Mediation, Conflict, Future of mediation, International Mediation, Online Mediation

(FORARB/Charles University)/ /4 Comments

  At the end of March, when I finally arrived back to  Prague after weeks full of traveling (I almost flew the globe around), I sat down and wanted to share with you some experiences I had having attended the Global Pound Conference Series launch in Singapore. Then I realized that the time did not…

Accreditation, ADR, ADR Agreements, Appointment of Mediators, Commercial Mediation, Conciliation, Confidentiality, cross-border mediation, Enforcement, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), harmonisation of mediation law, International Law, International Mediation, Legal Issues, Legal Practice, Legislation, mediated settlement agreement, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), New York Convention, UN and International Organizations, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL Model Law

(Bill Marsh Mediator)/ /8 Comments

Cogniscenti (and readers of Ema Vidak-Gojkovic’s blog The UNCITRAL Convention on Enforcement of Conciliated Settlement Agreements – An Idea Whose Time Has Come?) will know that talks are ongoing in an attempt to see if it is possible to find a common system for the direct enforceability of agreements concluded in mediation. This is a…

Commercial Mediation, cross-border mediation, Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, EU Mediation Directive, Europe, International Mediation

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It’s the first week of February and therefore ICC International Mediation Week, including the International Commercial Mediation Competition. Those, like myself, who can’t be there, and are following the proceedings on social media, will have also noticed the save the date notice issued for the 2nd International Mediation and Negotiation Competition at the CDRC in…

Cognitive Bias, Commercial Mediation, Communication, Creativity, Negotiation, Scotland

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Negotiating in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is an experience to relish. I’ve recently returned from three days in that wonderful city, helping lawyers, judges and mediators to expand the use of mediation in commercial disputes, inspired by the excellent work there led by Asiyan Suleymanoglu and her colleagues. Working with one of the pioneers of mediation…

ADR Agreements, Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Conciliation, Settlement Agreements, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL Model Law

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“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” (V. Hugo) Slightly over a year ago, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) started working on an instrument to address enforcement of conciliated settlement agreements. Conceived as a mediation equivalent of the 1958 New York Convention, the proposed instrument would put…