Recently my good friend Canon Andrew White (aka “the Vicar of Baghdad”, as he is the Anglican priest at St George’s Church, Baghdad) convened a meeting of religious certain leaders from Iraq and…
Having last week returned to New Zealand from Singapore where I was honoured take part in the launch of the ICC Mediation Rules, I saw first hand the support for mediation in Singapore from…
Scotland is having a referendum on its constitutional future. As I write this, it is exactly six months until we vote. Whatever the outcome in September’s referendum about independence for Scotland,…
In my previous entry, I wondered about high and low context communication, and what this might mean at the mediation table when we’re not always aware of what is NOT being said. Here, I continue the…
It is not an April Fool´s Day hoax. On April first 2014, Brazil will effectively become the 79th country to adopt the United Nations’ Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (also…
The recent Ontario Superior Court decision of Healy J. in Southlake Regional Health Centre v. Beswick Group Properties touches on a number of issues arising from settlement at mediation.
Briefly,…
Have you ever wondered why the construction industry is still saddled with its culture of adversity, contractual conflict and a "who's to blame" attitude? Or what causes job disputes to quickly…
As usual, Confucius said it first: Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated.
This truism is becoming increasingly applicable to mediation law. Take England & Wales for example…
This story is for you if:
one of the parties to your multi-party case is irrational and an obstacle to
settlement;
the irrational party is making the case fall apart;
walking away could result in a…
As we in Ireland wait…and wait for our promised mediation legislation one of the topics that featured strongly in the consultative process which preceded drafting of our mediation bill was mediator…
