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Good Faith is part of the Mediator’s mantra. Our opening addresses are full of it and it is something we regularly remind parties and their lawyers is an important element in rebuilding fractured relationships and achieving durable resolution. But sometimes it becomes obvious that Good Faith is missing in action. A very useful new article…

Developing the Field, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Public Policy, Reform, Success in mediation

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I wonder how many countries have public institutions that usually use mediation services to resolve disputes in which they are parties. I am not referring primarily to disputes between investors and states, but to any dispute where a public institution is a party that eventually reaches litigation with high financial costs, even and in situations…

Causes of Conflict, Cognitive Bias, Creativity, Cross-cultural, Dialogue, Economics, Framing, Language, Mediation Practice, The role of the mediator, Uncategorized

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Erisology has been defined as the study of disagreement – where people are no closer to understanding each other at the end of an exchange than they were at the beginning. Sound familiar? Eris was the Greek goddess of discord.  The term was been coined by John Nerst, a blogger in Sweden, who is interested in…

Conventional wisdom, Decision making, Evaluative Mediation, Improvisation, Intuition, mediation models, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Mindset, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Reflective Practice, Tactics, The role of the mediator

(University of Missouri Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution)/ /Leave a comment

I was puzzled to get an email from a mediator thanking me for my recent post, which advocated using a unified conceptual framework of unbundled mediation interventions. The puzzling part was that she wrote that it helped to “validate my theory that ‘bundling’ of mediation models can be appropriate and effective in the right case…

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, FAMILY HARMONY, FAMILY WEALTH, HEALTHCARE, MEDIATION EVENT, MEDIATION PLEDGE, Uncategorized

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

As a mediation trainer and practitioner for more than a decade, it is hearten to see that mediation has gained a prominent role in Hong Kong’s dispute resolution sector with growing popularity amongst practitioners and the public.  Being part of this blooming mediation community and a member of the Steering Committee on Mediation chaired by…

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Mr. Jawad has been a mediator since 2007 and a passionate promoter of mediation in India from its earliest days. Jawad works as a mediator and trainer with the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee of the Supreme Court of India and is a global faculty with ADR ODR International UK. He is a SIMI accredited…

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We would like to announce an opening for the position of Associate Editor for the Kluwer Mediation Blog (KMB). The Associate Editor will report directly to the editors Bill Marsh and Nadja Alexander, and work closely with the Kluwer team. In addition, the Associate Editor will regularly liaise with some of the best mediators, mediation…

Future of mediation, mediation process, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Research, Zoom

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It is common to hear people observe, reflecting on the pandemic, that things will never go back to the way they were. There is certainly good reason to believe that virtual meetings are now a fact of life. If you “zoom” you are either moving fast or teleconferencing on Zoom, capitalization optional, according to the…