A developing story here in Canada has raised concerns about whether the public should have the right to know the terms of a high profile, mediated settlement agreement involving the…
Being a mediator brings surprises along the way. For me, I was presented with what turned out to be the biggest challenge of my professional career last November when the Cabinet Secretary for Health…
The Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto (JIMC-Kyoto), which is the first Japanese international mediation centre, was officially launched on 20 November 2018. The centre has a panel of non-…
“For last year's words belong to last year's language;
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
T S Eliot, The Four Quartets, “Little Gidding”
"Perhaps…
I learned two foreign languages back in school, and there is a reason why my German was always going to be better than my French. I blame The Beatles. In my last blog I promised I would write about…
In the words of the late Sir Laurence Street, former Chief Justice of New South Wales (1974-1988) and subsequently Australia’s leading mediator:
“A court that makes available a judge or a…
The success of international arbitration, among others, is owed to the New York Convention, which provided tools for global enforcement of arbitral awards. To that end, international mediation has…
A recent visit to Japan coincided with the inauguration of the new Emperor Naruhito and the start of what has been designated as the ‘Reiwa’ era. This is officially translated as beautiful harmony,…
Let’s talk some more about mediation research.
To recap, in his February 2019 post to this Blog, Michael Leathes argued for the need for more field-based research into mediation.…
This is the second in my short series on using your assets well in a mediation. The first was on the people. This is on the arguments.
Let’s start with the legal arguments.
As a mediator, I hear…
