Jan 29, 2021
A Room of Requirement:Reflections on an International Commercial Mediation via Zoom Pro By Paul Kirkwood On 4 June 2020, early in the morning, I was asked by a long-standing fellow collaborator and mediator if I was available to co-mediate the following morning at...
Jan 29, 2021
Neutrality and Impartiality in Employment Mediation By Paul Kirkwood Some Difficulties with the Concepts of Neutrality and Impartiality in Employment Mediation: Contrasted with an Ongoing Need(?) for Informed Consent to make it Fair. Posted by Paul Kirkwood, director...
Jan 29, 2021
Richard Marks is an NHS Consultant and Registered Mediator Workplace mediation is always emotionally fraught. Unlike business disputes, where the money and the terms of the settlement can be looked at dispassionately and cold-bloodedly, workplace disputes always have...
Jan 28, 2021
Interesting to hear the new Master of the Rolls today, Sir Geoffrey Vos talk about the increased use of technology in the Courts. He spoke about having an integrated online Court with ADR and mediation as part of the system. There is no doubt that he is committed to...
Jan 23, 2021
Why not learn a new skill and train as a civil and commercial mediator? We are now taking bookings for our March online Mediator Training Course.
Jan 22, 2021
In a recent High Court case, Quilter v Falconer http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/3294.html [2020] EWHC 3294 (QB)the judge criticised the parties for incurring “eye watering” costs. By the time the trial was heard by this court in November 2020, the...
