Northwest Mediation
Commercial & Family Mediation and Individual Dispute Resolution

In a throw back to the Christmas day ceasefire of the trenches of word war one of 1914 two warring tribes of Sikir in Enga province of...

It shouldn’t come as a massive shock to anyone that those with a vested interest in making sure cases run as long as possible have...

We revisit two previous mediations in this week’s news blog. The ongoing strike in Oakland California by SEIU Local 1021 workers (who...

All mediations are important to those involved, most of the mediations Northwest Mediation deals with don’t actually involve life...

I attended the Civil Mediation Council’s Annual General Meeting this week, and learned some interesting that although the membership of...

A fantastic day was had by everyone who attended my mediation workshop last Wednesday, well that’s what the delegates tell me and who am...

Notorious wannabe mediator US president Donald Trump has once again offered his mediation services in the South China Sea Dispute,...

I’ve talked previously about property mediation and how it can save parties thousands of pounds and this week I came across a case from...

Now I’m not suggesting that all mediators end every mediation with peace and harmony where once there had been strife, but the key aim is...

In last week’s blog I made an error in use of a particular cliché, transposing the word “holes” for “holds”. An error I’ve been making...

I didn't know whether to start with a quote from Babylon 5 “and so it begins” or from the terrible Star Wars episode 1 the Phantom Menace...

From the Rohingya crisis to the events in Madrid following the Catalonian vote it’s nearly impossible to avoid media mention of mediation...

As the news broke of the results of Catalonian vote it was apparent to me that someone was going to use the M word sooner or later....

Great news for Nigerian mediator Zannah Mustapha this week. He has been awarded the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees Nansen Refugee...

We’ve reported previously on the church’s involvement in mediations (whether it’s been the Pope or the bishop of Coventry) now Justin...

I had the benefit of seeing the consequences of parties’ decisions to mediate (or not) this week. On one hand in an employment dispute...

As reported in last week’s blog and the Times Law Brief the pilot mediation scheme at Manchester County Court for all civil claims...

The Mediation pilot scheme at Manchester County Court goes live on Friday 1/9/17. The scheme, headed by Deputy District Judge Peter...

While learning to surf in Cornwall this week I received the good news that my application to join the CMC has been accepted. This comes...

Mediation, as one of my kids told me, is like a Venn diagram. If you don’t remember what a Venn diagram is, it looks like two (or more)...