Future of mediation

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IntroductionPakistan’s legal landscape is undergoing a subtle but strategic transformation. Mediation, once a peripheral courtesy in commercial disputes, is now emerging as a constitutionally…

On 27 August 2025, I had the privilege of co-organising, speaking, co-moderating and participating in a landmark event during Singapore Convention Week: Building Bridges in ADR: MENA Meets Singapore…

The landscape of dispute resolution in India has witnessed a significant shift with the introduction of mandatory pre-litigation mediation for commercial disputes under the Commercial Courts Act,…

IntroductionPakistan has taken a significant step by signing the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (Singapore Mediation Convention) on 23 May…

The Editorial Team at the Kluwer Mediation Blog is delighted to announce a global call for expressions of interest to join us as Regional Editors.For over a decade, the Kluwer Mediation Blog has…

Mediation has recently gained recognition as a dispute settlement mechanism in Ethiopia. However, the absence of a clear legal framework outlining private mediation’s procedural application poses…

Technology has been defined as the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life. More often than not we think of this as the application of knowledge from sciences such as…

The Court of Appeal decision in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council [2023] marks a significant development in the area of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in…

In a world where business disputes can drag on for years and generate exorbitant costs, mediation stands out as an efficient path to resolving conflicts more quickly and economically. However, when…