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You can’t choose your family: complicated dynamics and disputes in family business and how to resolve them On 8 November, Mishcon de Reya welcomed a panel of experts to discuss the effective management of family centred disputes.
IPOS Mediation is proud to announce that twenty-five of our mediators have been recognised by the Legal 500 UK 2023 edition, as experts within their fields. Our IPOS mediators continue to move up the rankings and increase in numbers, which is testament to their level of expertise and skills.
We welcome the news that the MoJ has announced a consultation on increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system.
Recently, I was invited to give an online talk for Autistic Doctors International. After I had spoken there was a Q&A session and during an hour and a half of questions, I heard from a group of people who clearly wanted to understand if mediation could help neurodivergent and neurotypical people...
Our desired outcome is to leave the mediation process feeling that we have done everything we can to make the experience a success.
Did you know that the conductor of an orchestra is always one and a half beats ahead of the musicians? The role of the conductor is not to keep the orchestra in time but to stay a fraction in front of them, leading them, giving them the information they need in order to play. As a mediator, that...
I get asked this question a lot and the simple and stock answer is ‘the sooner the better’. The best way to look at this is to think of the client’s position. If a settlement of a dispute can be achieved then any time is going to be the right time for a client.
What a week it was! London International Disputes Week took place over 5 days last week and I’m only just recovering. So much to take in and so many people to talk to – I felt somewhat like I had emerged from a rather 2D monchrome world into one full of colour, energy and 3D people. To som...
At the age of 51, and with an almost 30-year career in journalism behind me, I take an absurd pleasure in seeing the word ‘trainee’ alongside my name on the attendance list for a mediation by Mark Jackson-Stops that I’ll be observing.
When you're acting for one side and you have both belief and conviction in your own or your client's case it's easy to forget that the other side may hold an equally firm conviction as to the merits of their case.
Having been both a board member and a mediator specialising in helping parties maintain a post-mediation relationship David has observed a number of characteristics of conflict as well as elements that should be addressed to ensure healthy communication around the Board table.
‘Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn.' This Benjamin Franklin quote is one of my favourites. So you can imagine my excitement when I had the chance to live it through an opportunity to observe a mediation facilitated by Rebecca Clark.