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The Right Reverend Richard Pain, the Bishop of Monmouth, has had what are euphemistically called personality clashes with his senior...
Ed Johnson
Jan 23, 20194 min read
Brexit a case of car crash Mediation?
Whichever of the many sides you find yourself on in the Brexit debate this article highlights how a mediation could break the impasse and...
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Ed Johnson
Jan 16, 20195 min read
From playground to international conflict
I’ve blogged before about my daughter’s school having restorative ambassadors well now in Thanet another group of year 5 children are...
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Ed Johnson
Jan 8, 20194 min read
If at first you don't succeed
There has been a long running dispute in Maryland regarding the under-funding of black colleges in comparison to those colleges who have...
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Ed Johnson
Jan 2, 20193 min read
Happy New Year
Another year begins and following a short break Northwest Mediation is back mediating for companies and individuals with civil disputes...
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Ed Johnson
Dec 19, 20184 min read
Mediate and get your money back
Last week I blogged about the Civil Justice Committee’s report on how to encourage mediation, perhaps the high court in India have...
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Ed Johnson
Dec 12, 20184 min read
Employment, wolves and training in mediation
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) which was only incepted to mediate financial complaints in November this year has...
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Ed Johnson
Dec 6, 20184 min read
CJC report on mediation
At last we get the report from the Civil Justice Committee that we UK mediators have been waiting for Sir Terrence Etherton, Master of...
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Ed Johnson
Nov 28, 20184 min read
Mediation not a pain in the a...
We start with news this week of three mediation conferences, two of which are in Istanbul. Tomorrow sees the second mediation conference...
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Ed Johnson
Nov 21, 20184 min read
This is Spinal Tap (in mediation)
For people of a certain age the 1984 rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap holds a much beloved place in their hearts (I couldn't find a shot...
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Ed Johnson
Nov 14, 20184 min read
Another NWM!
When I talk about NWM, I mean Northwest Mediation, my mediation business which helps you and your business with disputes you’ve got with...
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Ed Johnson
Nov 7, 20185 min read
Crypto-Currency Mediation
I was watching TV the other evening when an article began “unless you’ve been living under a rock the last five years you will have heard...
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Ed Johnson
Oct 24, 20184 min read
Safe spaces in mediation
BBC Radio 4’s Keywords for Our Time this week focused on the use of the term “safe space”. Isabel Hardman explained where the term had...
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Ed Johnson
Oct 17, 20184 min read
Half term opportunities for mediation
It’s half term next week so you might be considering a rip to the fair ground, baking with the family or a boat trip, the not so subtle...
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Ed Johnson
Oct 3, 20187 min read
All around the world
A whistle stop around the world of mediation again this week. First to Aspen where the Board of Education are to pay for a mediator to...
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Ed Johnson
Sep 19, 20184 min read
It's good to talk
You remember last blog I said that mediators get called all sorts of names, one of which is talking therapist – it says so on some...
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Ed Johnson
Sep 5, 20185 min read
From Archbishop of Canterbury to the Island of St Lucia
I often blog about the role in mediation played by churches, whether it’s in commercial mediation or family mediation, but at the UN this...
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Ed Johnson
Jul 19, 20184 min read
Medical Mediation
Having assaulted the costs and damages in road traffic claims attention by paying parties and the government is now turning to the cost...
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Ed Johnson
Jun 13, 20183 min read
Family, Construction, Mortgages - all fit for mediation
In ongoing Archers’ news preparation for Shula and Alistair’s mediation began on Monday night with Shula discussing the need to be honest...
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