Insights

On the Edge of the Precipice

Standing on the edge of a glacier with Bruno, our guide (and philosopher), we were looking across at the steep, steep face of the opposite hillside where, in the far distance we could make out the ant-like figures of half a dozen intrepid ski tourers using skins on their skis to make the ascent ...

Redesigning the Box

As many 6 Nations rugby supporters will attest, a well executed set piece can be a thing of beauty to behold.

Keep it flexible and trust the mediator

A recent employment mediation I conducted transitioned into a workplace mediation and successfully settled - but not before one of the lawyers said of the process: “That’s not how I was trained”.

Lights, Camera, Mediation!

Andrew Hildebrand, who has a particular expertise in mediating disputes in the entertainment industry, has recently published an article in The Chartered Institute of Arbitrator's magazine

Where emotions run high, solicitors can save the day

High levels of emotion, for example in boundary disputes between neighbours, or inheritance disputes within families, can cause rationality to fly out of the window. How often have I marvelled (despaired!) at the last 5cm strip of land standing in the way of resolution of a boundary dispute, or ...

Mediating Across Cultures

In helping parties to resolve their differences, an effective mediator needs to give attention both to issues and relationships. While the content of the dispute, whether war or widgets, is plainly critical, so is how those involved understand one another.

The Venue With The Most?  It Ain't Necessarily So

Welcome to "your world"?

Take control and influence the other side's thinking

Why choose mediation?

The property sector is never short of a dispute. Here Mark Jackson-Stops gives an example of the type of dispute which he has helped settle.

What if the 'other side' won't listen?

What do you do when you have a dispute and the real problem is that the other side won’t stop litigating? Your client wants to stop the dispute, but ‘they’ won’t let them. And your client is manacled to them.

The tragedy of Charlie Gard

Should mediation feature in cases such as this? The Judge clearly thought so.

Brief the mediator - it’s likely to benefit the client

Having read into the papers, a mediator will normally wish to speak to each party’s solicitor or counsel before the mediation day to garner as much knowledge about the background to the case as will allow him/her to hit the ground running on the day.