It is no secret that the time I spent studying and working with the Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON) was the start of a love affair that has endured.The material from Fisher and Ury’s ‘Getting…
On 31 August 2023, I spoke at the Maxwell Chambers of Singapore on “Facilitative and Evaluative Models of Mediation: Is the Distinction Still Meaningful or Simply Arcane Semantics? Is it time to…
What is Cab Rank Rule?
The Four Bars (namely, England and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland) have recently issued a joint statement on the cab rank rule. According to the statement, the…
In 2006, the Hong Kong Government introduced a scheme that marriages can be officiated by civil celebrants at a time and a venue chosen by the couple. Since then, I have been practising as a civil…
This week the facilitator of a conflict resolution group to which I belong posed this question:
‘What is the greatest challenge currently facing us?’
My answer came quickly – the threat of hyper…
Photo by Joachim Köhler.
In the famous story of Noah’s Ark, Noah questions God about how he will find the animals he has been instructed to put in the ark. God replies, ‘If you build it, they will…
Dear Young Mediation Enthusiast,
Thank you for writing to me again. Time really flies as my last letter to you was written ten months ago on 2 December 2021.
It is most encouraging to hear that you…
Most people’s experience of artificial intelligence (AI) is limited to interacting with a chat bot on their bank’s website. These bots are unimpressive, dispensing trivial and mostly unhelpful…
Online processes in all professions soared during Covid.
The legal profession was transformed.
A multitude of online mediation platforms miraculously appeared and mediators barely skipped a beat…