Category: UK

What is it that makes mediation such an effective process for so many disputes? Why do so many long-running conflicts...

Kalamazoo Mediation by Jeff MurphyWe have “no-fault divorce” here in the States, but in the U.K. a party suuing for...

The next two years present Scotland and the rest of the UK with a unique opportunity. How we conduct the...

Kluwer Meditation Blog.As I sat down at my desk the other day to think about what to blog about this...

Much has been written about the need for better dialogue in Scotland and the world as we seek to find...

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The present proposal, together with the proposal for a Directive on alternative dispute...

A film showing parents who are having difficulties attending three mediation sessions. The mediator discusses the process that both parties...

(Read the first article here.) Training and Accreditation There is currently no statutory basis for the training of those involved...

Kluwer Meditation Blog by Charlie Irvine One of the privileges and perils of working as a mediator in Scotland is...

Kluwer Meditation Blog.As globalisation progresses and migration increases, the number of bi-national and bi-cultural relationships and marriages is increasing. This...

The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was Edith Wharton in 1921, for her novel An Age...

Michael L. Moffitt’s[1] The Four Ways to Assure Mediator Quality (and why none of them work)[2] was described by the...

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.I woke up this morning – got the...

Keynote talk to mark the launch of an "interface" mediation scheme in Belfast, Ireland in October 2010. Mediation is a...

Throwing a pen across a room. Finding a quiet place to sit and cry. Noticing that you suddenly hate your...

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.To finish my series on applying ‘nudge’ thinking...

If the phrase “deficit reduction” characterised the early months of the new Westminster government, for many it has now been...

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.CMP are resolving to get even better at...

In Ireland and the UK, the success of a mediation service often depends on the cooperation of third parties. Police...

The management of conflict at work probably represents the biggest unrecognised area for cost savings and market differentiation for organisations...

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.We train hundreds of mediators a year who...

Yogi Berra made his name not only by winning the 1968 World Series as coach of the New York Mets...

With a friend, ask them to place the palm of their hand against yours, fingers pointing upwards. Don’t say what...

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.In a recent book ‘Nudge’, Thaler and Sunstein...

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham. On a visit to BBC Studios in...

A shorter version of this article was published in The Scotsman on 2 August 2010. With renewed discussion about the...

International and Comparative Mediation: Legal Perspectives By Nadja Alexander What marks this book out as exceptional, valuable, inspiring and even...

This article is based on talks at two recent conferences on the reform of civil justice. As I stood in...

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.A crisis is brewing as two reports predict...

This piece comes with a health warning. First of all, it raises far more questions than it provides answers. And...