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Road traffic personal injury claims were where I cut my teeth as a young lawyer, in the years since I’ve often wondered why mediation is so little used in all forms of personal injury claims, I’d used round tables and informal mediation on numerous occasions leading up to the final decision to change role and become a mediator. So it’s no surprise that in New Delhi that a quorum led by Justice A.K. Sikri (who also stepped down from the Supreme Court this week) has asked law m

Whichever of the many sides you find yourself on in the Brexit debate this article highlights how a mediation could break the impasse and points out that the current actions of all parties are in (as William Zartman described it) a “mutually hurting stalemate”. It’s a position many civil, commercial and individual clients find themselves in, they can’t find a way to move forward without hurting themselves or being seen to hurt the other party. It is then, as this article make

I’ve blogged before about my daughter’s school having restorative ambassadors well now in Thanet another group of year 5 children are being taught how to use mediation skills to resolve disputes in the school. Chilton Primary School in Ramsgate have a group of 12 children who are working in play time and lunch breaks to resolve any and all issues arising at key stages 1 and 2. Like all good mediators they underwent training, six weeks under wellness coordinator and teacher M

At last we get the report from the Civil Justice Committee that we UK mediators have been waiting for Sir Terrence Etherton, Master of the Rolls, says of the report:- "The group’s recommendations include the use of a judicial-ADR liaison committee, increased public awareness of ADR, peer mediation in schools, increased law faculty and professional training and a new website to act as a single umbrella source for information about ADR. “Work has already commenced on the creati

We start with news this week of three mediation conferences, two of which are in Istanbul. Tomorrow sees the second mediation conference arranged by the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States and is followed on Friday by the fifth Istanbul Mediation Conference. The foreign ministry who organised the second of the conferences said the event will focus on "enhancing the practice of mediation for sustaining peace...The Istanbul Mediation Conferences are organiz

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 of an amp turned up to eleven). So, being a mediator of a certain age I can’t resist mentioning that the creators of Derek Smalls, David St Hubbins and Nigel Tuffnel (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer – better known to younger readers as the voice talent from The Simpsons – and Rob Reiner) have asked the owner of the rights to

When I talk about NWM, I mean Northwest Mediation, my mediation business which helps you and your business with disputes you’ve got with contracts, property disputes, family members, inheritance and other civil litigation. However there is another NWM the Nordic Women Mediators and this November sees the meeting of the five branches of that NWM. So as not to cause confusion I’m not attending the meeting (although it is only open to members) so I will miss their discussions on

Nothing better than starting with a bit of self-promotion. Here’s myself and Peter Causton (of Promediate) at last week’s seminar which we presented to the Greater Manchester Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. As well as being a self-employed mediator at Northwest Mediation I am on Promediate’s panel of mediators and part of the Manchester Civil Mediation Pilot Scheme, headed up by none other than Deputy District Judge Peter Causton. Turning to other mediation in this