Mediation has long been used as a method of resolving disputes. Indeed, the practice of combining mediation and arbitration by the same neutral has been traced back to ancient Greece and…
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 ‘…
In a previous blog in 2018 , I commented on how Australian courts have approached their statutory power to order parties into mediation with or without their consent.
In the recent case of…
One of the great professional satisfactions of being part of the mediation community is that it sits within a much wider cluster of non-adjudicative processes. This proximity to a broader…
The consultation phase of the independent review of the Australian National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS Review 2020-22) was completed in May and Findings and Recommendations are now…
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…
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The Daily Blogpost from the Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON) is always a great way to start the day.
A quick read, it often turns something that I have been…
The International Commercial Mediation Competition made a brave online appearance this year – the 16th year in which the ICC has delivered the most important competition of its kind in the…
The Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON) has provided a life-changing experience for many of us.
It certainly changed the trajectory of my life and triggered a life-long immersion in conflict…
I say regularly that students make the best teachers.
My students continue to prove me right.
In my recent ADR program I confessed to my undergraduate students that having a conversation about…
