Dispute Resolution

Business, Commercial Mediation, Community Mediation, Court Procedure and Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Europe, Legal Practice, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Success in mediation, Surveys, Uncategorized

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Since April 2005 there have been two structural provisions for referral to mediation: via the Legal Desk and via the Judiciary. Besides, conflicting parties can start mediation on their own initiative or after referral by other bodies. Other referring bodies comprise, for instance, occupational health and safety services, social services, youth services, the police, social…

'Money-only' Cases, Court Procedure and Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Users/Clients, War Stories

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He was a widower and a grandfather. He arrived at the mediation with his attorney and one of his adult daughters for moral support. The trial date loomed, and the judge had urged both sides to come to the table to settle this tort case. After the accident, he could no longer babysit his grandchildren…

Court Procedure and Litigation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Lawyers, Legal Issues, Legal Practice, Mediation Lawyering, Mediation Practice, Negotiation

(Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)/ /2 Comments

It is a fact of life that lawyers will be involved in many mediations, particularly where they involve litigation matters. Despite initial reluctance to embrace mediation, the tide is turning as Sabine Walsh explains in her posting, Of Turkeys and Christmas – The Role of Lawyers in Mediation. A specialised form of legal practice is…

ADR, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, Particular Sectors (e.g. Construction, Banking, etc.), Pre-arbitration Dispute Settlement Procedures, Time Pressure

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I have just recently received an arbitral award for a client that resolved a construction dispute which had arisen more than five years ago. Unfortunately, such time frame is not exceptional. Litigation would probably not have lasted any shorter. Construction disputes are usually complex and tend to involve stacks of documents. Such disputes often involve…

Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, General, Ireland, Lawyers, Legal Issues, Legal Practice

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Our local mediator’s association here in the Northwest of Ireland recently ran a public seminar on mediation and the future of alternative dispute resolution. The two keynote speakers were two very distinguished lawyers, a High Court Judge and a Senior Barrister. As I looked around the room, it struck me just how many lawyers were…

Accreditation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), mediation as a career, Mediation Practice, Success in mediation, Training

(Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)/ /3 Comments

In my capacity as a trainer and educator of mediators, I am frequently asked about entry into the mediation profession: “Once I pass my accreditation assessment, I want to become a full-time mediator…” The mediation training market continues to boom, confirming a continuing strong interest in mediation as a career path. However the supply of…

ADR, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Language

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The term “ADR” is certainly familiar to not just those of us in the teaching and practice of mediation, but legal practitioners as well. In this post, I want to share some thoughts about the evolving nature of the “A” in ADR and how this is both reflective of the changes that have occurred in…

ADR, Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Dispute Resolution, International Mediation, Mediation Institutions and Rules

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In a previous post I had noted the absence of better inter-connection between the ICC ADR Rules (available at http://www.iccwbo.org/court/adr/id4452/index.html) and the new ICC Arbitration Rules (available at http://www.iccwbo.org/court/arbitration/id4424/index.html) although the latter now open the door, at an early stage of the arbitration proceedings (i.e. the Case Management Conference: Art. 24 para. 1 of the…

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Promotion and legislation on mediation in The Netherlands Machteld Pel, Pelmediation I would like to present an update about the promotion and legislation on mediation in the Netherlands and the possible influence of promotion and regulation on the use of mediation. Since the end of the nineties, the promotion of ADR has been an active…

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…