News
06
May
Call for Foundation Trainers and Assessors
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Ataraxy Family Mediation Training – call for trainers and assessors Ataraxy Family Mediation Training is approved by the Family Mediation Council to deliver the foundation tr...
08
Apr
Call for Foundation Trainers and Assessors
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Ataraxy Family Mediation Training – call for trainers and assessors Ataraxy Family Mediation Training is approved by the Family Mediation Council to deliver the foundation tr...
10
Jul
Difference Matters: Developing Culturally Sensitive Mediation Practice
Category: Articles, News
Abstract This article aims a) to raise awareness of culture and diversity issues in the context of mediation and dispute resolution practice, b) to provide some theoretical ‘frames...
18
Jun
Mediation: Have the Floodgates Finally Opened?
Category: Articles, News
On 29 November the Court of Appeal gave its judgment in the long-anticipated case of Churchill -v- Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416. It started life as a ...
24
May
CMC and CoM Response to SEND Mediator Standards Consultation
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The Civil Mediation Council (CMC) and the College of Mediators (CoM), supported by the Department for Education DfE), conducted a joint consultation on proposals for reforming the ...
08
May
College Seeking New Directors
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Message from the Chair: Thank you for your interest in becoming a director of the College of Mediators. The detailed job and person description can be accessed here. We are particu...
13
Dec
Musings of a Modest Mediator
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Last year I completed my one hundreth mediation (it’s 112 to date, at 80% settlement rate). Now, a century may not be a huge number compared with those QCs who do nothing else, bu...
02
Dec
Family Inheritance Mediation
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Last year I completed my one hundreth mediation (it’s 112 to date, at 80% settlement rate). Now, a century may not be a huge number compared with those QCs who do nothing else, bu...
29
Nov
Writing About Mediation Matters – Your College Needs You
Category: Articles, Latest News, News
Writing About Mediation Matters – Your College Needs You. Originally published in COM Digest in 2017 and updated in NOV 2023. This article raises questions as to why relatively few...
17
Nov
Cycles of Influence
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In the beginning was . . . the word Cycles of Influence: A historical analysis of some seminal influences on the evolutionary development of mediation principles, values and practi...