On Friday 22 June 2012, the National Council of Bhutan unanimously enacted the Alternative Dispute Resolution Bill. As a result, the Kingdom of Bhutan joined the group of jurisdictions with a…
What is the association
The Geneva Association for neighbourhood mediation ("AsMéd-GE", see website, in French, www.mediation-de-voisinage.ch) was created in 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland, by people…
Looking back over my previous blog posts it strikes me that I’ve been throwing the term integration around a fair bit in the context of dispute resolution and mediation, in particular. The term “…
It’s never easy to get a grasp on national statistics for mediation. The closest we come in the UK is a biennial (that’s once every two years, not twice a year!) survey carried out by CEDR, for which…
Looking beyond the short term, the fun, and the parties, large international sports events are an opportunity for the host country to improve the life of its citizens on a permanent basis.
Large…
Mediation is a reality that has come to stay in the dispute resolution sector. Its advantages have been mouthed by all and its relevance continues to expand in scope and depth. Mediation training…
My work as a commercial mediator in Ontario Canada generally involves the resolution of money disputes. The process, most days, starts with a brief joint session during which the lawyers, and…
In this post I want to talk about an important thread that is emerging in the science of the twenty-first century. It is the finding that we are all interconnected, that we are porous beings with…
The Problem
You have become accustomed to communicating settlement offers through email;
Your email efforts have been misunderstood by the other side;
In the fast-paced world in which we…
