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...
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...
Will robots take my job?
By : Omar Bangash
The impact of automation on employment is inevitable. Long gone are the days when you could get a position at a...
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...
2019 is a challenging year for HR
By Clinton Wingrove
Analysts generally have a poor track record in forecasting economic outcomes; ask five analysts a question and you’ll likely get at least...
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...
