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Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Leadership, Mediation Practice, Neuroscience, Personal Development, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Reflective Practice, Scotland, The role of the mediator, Uncategorized

(Core Solutions Group)/ /4 Comments

The process of discerning what to write about in a blog is interesting. Sometimes inspiration comes quickly. On other occasions, there is a barren wilderness, or a hotchpotch of half-formed ideas. This month feels like the last of these. I thought to write about a really excellent new book by the Oxford economists, Paul Collier…

ADR, Argument, Australia, Commercial Mediation, Conflict, Dispute Resolution, International commercial mediation, Med-Arb Clauses, Mediation Practice, mediation process, mediation traditions

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I say regularly that students make the best teachers. My students continue to prove me right. In my recent ADR program I confessed to my undergraduate students that having a conversation about culture was something that made me very anxious. I feel poorly prepared and I fear, with the best intentions, causing offence and appearing…

Appointment of Mediators, COVID-19, cross-border mediation, Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Economics, Efficiency, Email, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), International commercial mediation, Japan, Legal Issues, mediated settlement agreement, Mediation Practice, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Singapore, Singapore Convention on Mediation

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Hot off the heels of the Singapore Convention, The Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) and the Japan International Mediation Center (JIMC) on 12 September 2020 signed a Memorandum of Understanding to operate a joint protocol that provides cross-border businesses, including companies along the Singapore-Japan corridor, with an economical, expedited and effective route for resolving commercial…

Developing the Field, Experience, Instinct, Intuition, mediation models, Mediation Practice, mediation process, mediation traditions, Neutrality, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Scotland, Stages of mediation, The role of the mediator, Uncategorized, Understanding mediation

(University of Strathclyde)/ /2 Comments

I wrote this piece for Strathclyde Mediation Clinic after a series of conversations with new and learner mediators. Some surprised me with their passivity in the face of parties’ lack of knowledge or understanding. After some probing I learned that many new mediators recognise the problem but believe the model they were taught prohibits them…

ADR, Brazil, General, Technology

(Mediar360 - Dispute Resolution ) and (FGV Mediacao)/ /1 Comment

The Brazilian Mediation Act (Law 13140/2015) establishes that “the object of mediation may be a dispute over “disposable” (transferable or waivable) rights or non-disposable, non-waivable rights which are able to be negotiated” (art. 3). In this sense, we wonder if mediation will be available to all the new conflicts that will emerge from the new…

ADR, Corporate Counsel's View, Costs in Mediation, cross-border mediation, Developing the Field, Experience, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Research, SIDRA Survey, Singapore, Surveys, Technology

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This is the final part of a series of posts on The Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy’s (‘SIDRA’) recently released International Dispute Resolution Survey: 2020 Final Report (‘2020 SIDRA Survey’). The SIDRA Survey delves into the user experiences of Legal Users (lawyers and legal advisers) and Client Users (corporate executives and in-house counsel) in international…

CEPA, eBRAM, Hong Kong, IDAR Office, Investor-State dispute settlement, Legal Hub, Mediation, Mediation wisdom

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

In the alternative dispute resolution arena, mediation plays a prominent role in resolving disputes in all scales globally. Hong Kong is a mediation hub in the region and one would be interested to see what Hong Kong is offering and what it will offer to the development of mediation. To share with us how mediation…

Commercial Mediation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), International commercial mediation, International Mediation, Mediation Practice, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Mediation Users/Clients, SIDRA Survey, Singapore, Singapore Convention on Mediation, Surveys, Understanding mediation, user perspectives

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This is part 2 of a 3 part blog series highlighting select findsings from the SIDRA Survey 2020. To read Part 1, click here. The SIDRA Survey delves into the user experiences of Legal Users (lawyers and legal advisers) and Client Users (corporate executives and in-house counsel) in international commercial dispute resolution. Through an examination…

Developing the Field, Europe, Mediation and Society, Mediation Practice, Research, Skills, Training, Transformation

(Bond & Bond Mediation / University of Wildau )/ /2 Comments

For this blogpost I interviewed Lin Adrian, associate professor of mediation and director of the master’s in Mediation and Conflict Resolution at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with the master’s in Mediation and Conflict Management at the Viadrina European University in Frankfurt / Oder Germany, Lin conducted an empirical study on the effects of mediation…

ADR, Arbitration, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Experience, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), International commercial mediation, International Mediation, Investor-state mediation, lawyers in mediation, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Research, Singapore, Singapore Convention on Mediation, Surveys, user perspectives

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The Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA) released its International Dispute Resolution Survey: 2020 Final Report (‘2020 SIDRA Survey’) on 3 July. It is a compendium of the experiences and views of legal and client users from common and civil law jurisdictions on why and how they choose dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve cross-border disputes….