Conventional wisdom, Decision making, Developing the Field, Environmental Mediation, EU Directive on Mediation, EU Mediation Directive, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Public Policy

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Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted. “How can I help being a humbug,” he said, “when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can’t be done? It was easy to make…

History of mediation, Language, mediation traditions, Negotiation, Neutrality

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There is by far no other nation that would contribute to European civilisation with such an enormous portion and that would be so easily forgotten as the Etruscans. According to some authors, their influence to nowadays’ Europe culture is at least comparable to that one of Romans or Greeks. And yet, how many people enjoying…

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

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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”…

ADR, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Domestic Courts, Future of mediation, Judges as mediators, Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), Singapore

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I’d like to spend this month’s blog entry providing an update on a Singapore development. On the 4 March 2015, there was the launch of the State Courts Centre for Dispute Resolution by the Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr. Sundaresh Menon. At the same time, Thomson Reuters also launched their book “Mediation in Singapore: A…

Causes of Conflict, Conflict, Developing the Field, Instinct, mediation as a career, Mediation Practice, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Scotland, Skills, Tips, Uncategorized, Understanding mediation

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(This is the final part of a keynote address to the YMCA Conference “From Reactions to Relations” in Burton on Trent on 20 November 2014.) Having considered what we can’t help noticing about our clients and about conflict I now turn to the tricky business of self-knowledge: what has our unique perspective at the heart…

ADR, ADR Clauses, Clients, Commercial Mediation, Confidentiality and Transparency, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Dispute Resolution Clause, Enforcement, Enforcement of a Mediation Clause, Enforcement of an ADR Clause, EU Directive on Mediation, EU Mediation Directive, Future of mediation, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), International Law, International Mediation, Jurisdiction, Lawyers, Legal Issues, Legal Practice, Legislation, Med-Arb Clauses, Mediation Act, Mediation Agreement, Mediation Lawyering, Mediation Practice, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Policy, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Reform, Regulation, Set Aside a Mediated Agreement, Settlement Agreements, Success in mediation, Trade, Understanding mediation

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As mediation seeks to claim a larger slice of the international dispute resolution pie, an increasingly important question for lawyers is: where and according to which law would I choose to have the mediation of my clients matter conducted? Say your client is a multinational corporation doing business with numerous organizations around the globe. Your…

Bias, Cognitive Bias, Communication, General, mediation as a career, Memory and Illusions, Mentoring, Perception, Skills, Social Media, Uncategorized, Young Mediators

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Young Mediators Initiative (YMI)

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you may have seen this recent meme in late February that got the internet buzzing with debate. A badly lit photo of a dress spread like wildfire with some people seeing it as white and gold, while others as black and blue. If you haven’t seen it,…

Webinar

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The publishers of this blog cordially invite you to their brief webinar for practitioners and academics in the field of arbitration and mediation on Tuesday 10th March (4pm Central European time/3pm UK time/10am Eastern Standard Time). During this brief webinar, Professor Klaus Peter Berger, author of the third edition of Private Dispute Resolution in International…

Clients, Efficiency, Future of mediation, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Legislation, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Policy, Reform, Uncategorized

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This article was prepared by Christian-Radu Chereji and Constantin-Adi Gavrilă. There is a lot of talk nowadays about the apparent failure of mediation to live up to its potential. Reports published on paper and online, presented before institutions or at various conferences, point to the relatively low number of mediation cases compared to the number…