Category: UK

Book Review: The Variegated Landscape of Mediation A comparative study of mediation regulation and practices in Europe and the World...

Kluwer Mediation BlogBeing responsible for resolving a large number of disputes for any organization is a stressful occupation. It involves...

Being responsible for resolving a large number of disputes for any organization is a stressful occupation. It involves risk, cost...

Kluwer Mediation BlogAt the risk of being accused of being too much of a purist, I just have to have...

Scotland is having a referendum on its constitutional future. As I write this, it is only a few months until...

Kluwer Mediation Blog, article by Michael Leathes and Deborah MasucciIn his now famous Stanford Commencement Address in June 2005, Steve...

Lawyers are as susceptible to errors in decision-making, and in giving advice to clients, as lay people… and this has...

ADR is sleepwalking globally.  It needs to be shaken out of its slumber.   There is a way to do it....

Originally printed in The Scotsman, Dec 12, 2013.The cricketer Jonathan Trott’s decision to leave the England Ashes cricket touring party...

The author offers a ‘spoiler alert’ for those concerned. Some of the subject matter discussed references the current season.January 6,...

Originally published in The Scotsman, September 18, 2013.This is a difficult time for the world as we face serious tensions...

Kluwer Mediation BlogIn a one day survey of Domestic Violence Services provided in Ireland on this day last year (6...

Originally published in the Scotsman on October 20, 2013Identifying all the possible ways forward and assessing these rationally is the...

ADR Prof Blog by Andrea Schneider, Michael Moffitt, Sarah Cole,Art Hinshaw, Jill Gross and Cynthia Alkon. The UK Ministry of...

This article was originally published in the July 2013 issue of the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland.A fundamental...

Author information, originally the first 4 article footnotes, is provided below. Achieving the promise of mediation in conflicts that threaten...

This full-length role-play workplace mediation video, with explanations, was produced by O'Sullivan Solutions in February, 2013. This mediation role-play was...

Kluwer Mediation BlogThe School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway hosted in association the UNESCO Child and Family Research...

Like many mediators I am conscious of the risk of overselling. However, in spite of having a reasonably high profile,...

Presented at the 7th National Conference of the Civil Mediation Council in London, England on May 2, 2013.In May, 2013,...

This article originally printed in BusinessComment, Dec 12/Jan 13.Few of us find it easy to deal with difficult situations, whether...

Kluwer Mediation BlogHaving spent the last few weeks immersed in mediation theory, conflict theory, negotiation theory and a variety of...

Originally printed on Lexology September, 2012We have recently undertaken a survey on workplace mediation in association with Alison Love an...

Kluwer Mediation BlogA new study of dispute resolution practices in Fortune 1,000 corporations shows that many large companies are using...

Much has been written about the need for a civil and civilised debate about Scotland’s future with a referendum on...

Originally published in Holyrood, Dec 3, 2012I am not an expert in neuroscience or neuropsychology but, as a mediator who...

Kluwer Mediation BlogAs much as we might like mediation’s fluid and often intangible nature, every now and then it can...

This is an edited version of the Opening Plenary Keynote Speech at the Inaugural 5C's ADR Conference held at the...

Kluwer Mediation BlogThis time of year in Ireland (August) is referred to by many as “the silly season”. Courts, legal...

First published in the Scotsman NewspaperMuch has been written about how to be a more effective lawyer in the modern...