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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….

Communication, Community Mediation, Conciliation, Conflict, crisis negotiatons, cross-border mediation, Developing the Field, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, European Law, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Not-for-Profit Organizations (NGO), peace negotiations, Ukraine, UN and International Organizations, Uncategorized

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Young Mediators Initiative (YMI)

Recap Last time I wrote as a young mediator about my mediation path, I had just arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was February 2014, when people began being killed at the Euromaidan on Independence Square in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. I was trying to ‘break into the peacebuilding field‘ but did not have much…

ADR, Clients, Court Procedure and Litigation, Domestic Courts, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), mediation models, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), Mediation Users/Clients, Scotland, Uncategorized

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[A talk given at the recent “100 cases” event in Glasgow to celebrate two years of small claims mediation provided by Strathclyde Mediation Clinic. Judges in Scotland are known as “sheriffs”.] I’ve been rather enjoying my belated return to the small claims court. Like a kind of slow theatre, each Friday afternoon unfolds with impeccable…

India, Mediation Institutions and Rules, Mediation Practice, Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), National Mediation Laws, Young Mediators

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We have quite a heavy topic before us, but before we get into the weightiness of it, I’d like to begin with something more light-hearted. There is a TV commercial going around which begins with flashes of hard-hitting questions such as: what is the age of the universe? What is the meaning of life? Etc….

Confidentiality, Conflict, Fear, Governments/Public Sector, Ireland, Mediation Users/Clients

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Ireland is grinding to a halt. Or, at least, looking in from the outside one could think it is. 40 days on from the general election, we have no government. None of the parties had a sufficient majority, and no coalition can be formed. The latest attempt at talks ended yesterday almost before it had…

ADR, ADR Agreements, ADR Clauses, Communication, Enforcement of an ADR Clause, EU Directive on Mediation, EU Mediation Directive, Europe, European Law, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Legislation, Mediation Act, Mediation Contract Clause, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), UN and International Organizations, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL Model Law, Understanding mediation

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Young Mediators Initiative (YMI)

On 15 February 2016, the European platform for solving disputes arising out of online purchases (https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr)the ODR Platform, based on EU Regulation 524/2013 (the Regulation) was officially launched. The platform enables EU consumers and traders to settle their disputes by putting them in touch with the ADR providers selected by Member States. This platform is…

Russia

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УмомРоссиюнепонять, Аршиномобщимнеизмерить. У нейособеннаястать, В Россиюможнотольковерить! Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet, 1803–1873 You will not grasp her with your mind Or cover with a common label, For Russia is one of a kind — Believe in her, if you are able… translated by Anatoly Liberman This well-known quatrain was written 150 years ago by Russian poet…

Conflict, crisis negotiatons, Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Fear, Interests, International Mediation, Middle East, peace negotiations, UN and International Organizations

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As I write this, I am looking across the Gulf of Aqaba at the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, near the place where the Egyptian border abuts Israel, south of the Israeli Red Sea port of Eilat. This morning’s BBC news tells us that Israel is on alert for IS attacks in the Sinai. The accompanying…

ADR, cross-border mediation, Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, Global Pound Conference Series 2016-17, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Singapore, UNCITRAL

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In this blog, I’ll follow up on Deborah Masucci’s overview, and in doing so I’ll offer a three observations about technology and one about a very non-technological aspect of mediation. First, on the technology: as those who were there will know only too well, and those who have followed at arm’s length will appreciate, the…

Court Procedure and Litigation, Developing the Field, Future of mediation, Ireland, Legal Issues, Legislation, Mediation Act, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), National Mediation Laws

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Over the past months, indeed years, I have been blogging about Ireland’s proposed new regulatory regime for mediation contained in the draft Mediation Bill 2012. 2012 2016 It was stalled and delayed and, despite promises which started in the Programme for Government back in 2011, and were made as recently as last summer, has not…