Employment is not Servitude
An employment relationship is not that of servitude or one of life-employment, but a contractual relationship between an employer and employee to execute agreed...
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...
Beyond salary: Negotiating for job satisfaction and success
Most people enter employment negotiations assuming that compensation and benefits are the only issues on the table, according to Negotiation editorial board member...
Any Room for Arbitration in Nigeria?
In partnership with the International Chamber of Commerce, Stears assesses the role of Arbitration in Nigeria as the 2nd Annual Africa Regional Arbitration Conference...
Recipe for speedy salary negotiation
Most often management and unions get entangled in protracted salary negotiations in a manner that sometimes becomes unproductive.
The negotiations sometimes reach a deadlock when...
How To Compel Remote Arbitration
By Theodore K. Cheng
One adverse impact of the pandemic has been to create delays in the scheduling of in-person evidentiary arbitration hearings due to ongoing...
Dealing with difficult people
BY SUSAN HACKLEY
We all have to negotiate at times with difficult people, writes William Ury, author of Getting Past No: Negotiating with Difficult...
Making critical decisions in mediation
By Harry N. MazadoorianThis article is the second of two seeking to identify some critical decisions with which counsel must deal in embarking on...
The power of negotiation
Jun 12, 2017By Deepak MalhotraWhenever a dispute flares up, the parties involved must ask themselves which course of action will yield the best outcome....
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...
