Do you want to get out of court?
By Edmund Mingle
Claimants, in civil cases, go to court for varied reasons. Some initiate court litigation to seek compensation, retrieve property or money owed...
Mediating in the shadow of the courts: Formality and informality
By Charlie Irvine
It’s good to see authors on this blog referencing academic research on decision-making. Similarly, a new chapter by Singapore judicial mediator Dorcas Quek...
ICC Mediation Rules
Current as 1 January 2014, the ICC Mediation Rules replaced the 2001 Amicable Dispute Resolution Rules (ADR Rules) to reflect today’s practices. These rules...
The Role of Technology in Reducing Litigation
Data from the National Justice Council (CNJ) shows that over 100 million lawsuits are currently before Brazilian courts. In 2010, the same institution revealed...
What is Mediation?
By John Ford www.johnford.com
Simply stated, mediation is a conciliatory process in which a third party supports the participants in reaching an agreement on their...
The value of Mediation in times of crisis
By Andrea Maia
On January 25th 2019 Brazil experienced its largest industrial catastrophe, the collapse of a dam from Vale, one of the world’s largest...
How much is conflict costing your firm?
By John Ford
If we are going to measure the cost of conflict to an organization, we must know what to look for. What should...
Winning the trust of parties at mediation
By Arthur Pressman
When I last wrote about what matters most to the parties in mediation, we identified trust in the mediator as the single most...
Fighting political vigilantism with Mediation
By Edmund Mingle
The activities of political vigilante groups in Ghana have recently assumed an alarming proportion, with security experts describing it as a threat...
Developing an Online Mediation Practice
By Ben Davies
For any mediator used to face-to-face mediation, online mediation requires a modified approach and therefore training to adapt the skills of the mediator...
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