What’s ‘new’ in the new ICC Mediation Rules?
K&L Gates LLP On December 4, 2013, the ICC launched the new Mediation Rules which will replace the 2001 ADR Rules as from January 1, 2014. In the words of Hannah Tuempel, Manager of the ICC...
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10 Tips for Teams at the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition 2014
Sharp Commercial Mediation The annual ICC Commercial Mediation Competition is about to kick off in Paris, France on 7 February 2014 and as I write this 500 students from over 40 countries will be...
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An Asian Switzerland, Expectation and Regret
Sharp Commercial Mediation Having last week returned to New Zealand from Singapore where I was honoured take part in the launch of the ICC Mediation Rules, I saw first hand the support for mediation in...
View ArticleReflections On Neutrality
Bill Marsh Mediator Recently my good friend Canon Andrew White (aka “the Vicar of Baghdad”, as he is the Anglican priest at St George’s Church, Baghdad) convened a meeting of religious certain leaders...
View ArticleNudging cross-border mediation forward
Conflict Coaching International (CCI) How do you get people to eat more fruit and less junk food? How do you get more people to agree to donate their organs? How do you get more people to engage in...
View ArticleA False ‘Prince Charming’ Keeps ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in a Coma: On Voluntary...
ADR Center The recent publication of a study conducted for the European Parliament on Mediation, “Rebooting the Mediation Directive,” has contributed to the ongoing debate about effective mediation...
View ArticleContrasting mediations….richness awaits…..
Core Solutions Group I write here about two contrasting experiences which have, for me, underscored the richness of the mediation process. In one mediation, involving business partners with an ongoing...
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Mama Boko Haram – A Lesson In Trust
Bill Marsh Mediator Last month, Al Jazeera carried a piece called “‘Mama Boko Haram’ grasps for peace in Nigeria”. It detailed the activities of Aisha Wakil (pictured above), a Nigerian lawyer who has...
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The Race towards a New York Convention for Cross-border Mediated Settlement...
Conflict Coaching International (CCI) In his recent posting for the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Michael McIlwrath picks up on what I affectionately refer to as the NYC4M (New York Convention for...
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International Mediation – A Comparative Table of Institutional Mediation Rules
Sharp Commercial Mediation In the world of international mediation, global providers such as ICC, WIPO and AAA/ICDR dominate the landscape together with various more regionally based institutions such...
View ArticleHave your say on international commercial mediation
Conflict Coaching International (CCI) STOP PRESS For one more week only you have the chance to have your say on the enforcement of cross-border mediated settlement agreements. I encourage each and...
View ArticleEmpirical study on international commercial mediation and conciliation
Conflict Coaching International (CCI) In a previous post, I shared Professor Stacie Strong’s call for blog readers to respond to her survey on international commercial mediation practice. Thank you to...
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Two Tips for Teams at the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition...
Sharp Commercial Mediation Once again, we find ourselves on the eve of the annual ICC Commercial Mediation Competition which is about to kick off in Paris, France next week. Last year I posted 10 tips...
View ArticleDispute Resolution of a New Generation*
Corporate Lawyer, Mediator and Founding Partner at FindResolution As the world of business develops at an unprecedented pace, we all are constantly facing new challenging situations which we must...
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What’s your country’s mediation-friendly ranking?
Conflict Coaching International (CCI) As mediation seeks to claim a larger slice of the international dispute resolution pie, an increasingly important question for lawyers is: where and according to...
View ArticleReflections on the Current Climate – A Role for Third Siders?
Core Solutions Group This follows my blog last month about mediation and sustainability. In the run up to the vital COP meeting in Paris in December, what role for mediators and other third siders?...
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And what is your biggest achievement in mediation?
Forum for Mediation and Arbitration Once I was informed by Nan Waller Burnett that her colleagues from the organization Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBB) were heading for Prague and that we...
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The 2016 Global Pound Conference Series!
International Mediation Institute In April 1976, an event now known as the Pound Conference ignited modern ADR in the USA, launching discussion of what may have become the “greatest reform in the...
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Art Deco Thoughts of ICC Mediation
Forum for Mediation and Arbitration The National Committee of International Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic has launched the Working group that shall support the use of mediation in the...
View ArticleA Perspective On Mediation In The Middle East
Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, for Young Mediators Initiative (YMI) I am a young Lebanese graduate in mediation and currently training to practice in Paris. I frequently get asked the...
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