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ADR, cross-border mediation, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement, Enforcement of a Mediation Clause, EU Directive on Mediation, Future of mediation, International Mediation, Legal Issues, Legal Practice, Legislation, mediated settlement agreement, Mediation Act, Mediation Agreement, Mediation Contract Clause, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), Mediation Users/Clients, National Mediation Laws, New York Convention, Online Mediation, Public Policy, Reform, Regulation, Set Aside a Mediated Agreement, Settlement Agreements, Success in mediation, Training, UN and International Organizations, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL Model Law, Understanding mediation, user perspectives

(International Mediation Institute)/ /Leave a comment

The next session of the UNCITRAL Working Group II that will continue to consider whether there should be a convention to enforce commercial cross-border mediation settlements will be in Vienna, Austria the week of September 19, 2016. On September 21, there will be a free evening program when 2 panels will answer questions relating to…

Co-mediation, Communication, Creativity, Developing the Field, General, Improvisation, Skills, Training

(National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law)/ /1 Comment

I said in last month’s entry that that was going to be one of my occasional funky entries. Should I be concerned that for this month’s entry, I have decided to write on something equally funky? Bear with me, it’s clearly a stage I’m passing through. Either that, or my medication is wearing off! I…

Conventional wisdom, Creativity, Dispute Resolution, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Negotiation, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Scotland, Stages of mediation, Training, Uncategorized

(Core Solutions Group)/ /2 Comments

Three recent mediations in three jurisdictions raised some interesting issues.  Each mediation was different. One involved a claim for professional negligence against a firm of solicitors for (allegedly) incorrectly including an occupied building in the sale of a large piece of land. The sellers were unhappy that many years had elapsed since the transaction, a number of them passing while…

Causes of Conflict, Conflict, Developing the Field, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Instinct, Mediation Practice, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Tips, Training

(University of Strathclyde)/ /Leave a comment

“You cannot direct a living system; you can only disturb it”1 When mediators join a conflict, they enter a living system. Realise it or not, that system is instantly changed by their arrival. Change may be for the better, and we hope our influence is benign, but nothing is the same again. It therefore makes…

Accreditation, Appointment of Mediators, Co-mediation, conlfict coaching, International Mediation, mediation as a career, Mediation Institutions and Rules, Mentoring, Training, Uncategorized, Young Mediators

(MCiArb, Mediator and Co-founder of YMI)/

Wherever we look, there is a variety of articles, blogs, keynotes and workshop topics all talking about the necessity to develop future leaders, understand the next generation(s) and attract the right talents. The mediation profession is no exception. With this article, I am encouraging every reader to actively develop and shape the future generation of…

Dispute Resolution, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Skills, Training, Uncategorized, UNCITRAL Model Law, Young Mediators

(Mediar360 - Dispute Resolution )/ /Leave a comment

The saying “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas” is one of the most famous taglines in modern tourism, meaning ….. well, you probably know what it means, don’t you ? However, differently from the Vegas perspective, my recent experience in Vienna is one that I definitely want to share with you. In a week…

Email, Ethics, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Online Mediation, Technology, Training, Webinar

(Sabine Walsh Mediation)/ /Leave a comment

I have to say a huge thank you to my colleague and fellow Mediators’ Institute of Ireland Council Member Margaret Considine who delivered the paper on which this post is based for me last week at the World Mediation Summit in Madrid which I was unable to attend. Despite unbearable heat, an airport fire and…

Efficiency, Skills, Success in mediation, Training, Young Mediators

(Ulrich Mediation)/ /1 Comment
Young Mediators Initiative (YMI)

Given the rapid expansion of the mediation field over the past several decades, an increasingly important question for young and aspiring mediators is whether it is worth the time and/or money to invest in what are, in many cases, quite extensive mediation and dispute resolution training programs that have popped up around the world. Common…

ADR, Book Review, Business, Causes of Conflict, Clients, Cognitive Bias, Commercial Mediation, Communication, Conflict, Conventional wisdom, Creativity, Decision making, Developing the Field, Future of mediation, General, Improvisation, Language, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Neuroscience, Policy, Scotland, Skills, Stories, Success in mediation, Tips, Training, Uncategorized

(Core Solutions Group)/ /1 Comment

It’s funny how one thing leads to another. Regular Kluwer blogger Ian Macduff posted a great blog earlier this week on the importance of asking questions. That reminded me that I had intended to get hold of a book by Edgar Schein entitled “Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling”. So, I…

Developing the Field, Europe, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Jurisdiction, mediation as a career, mediation models, Mediation Practice, Reform, Regulation, Training

(Sabine Walsh Mediation)/ /1 Comment

Amati, the Association of Mediation Assessors, Trainers and Instructors, held their second international conference in Coventry at the beginning of this month. The theme was Moving Over: Developing Conversation Training and Hybrid Models in Mediation. This relatively new organisation, aimed at those of us training and assessing mediators, has the aim of “benchmarking best practice”…