News
22
Aug
It really hurts when you’re wrong
Category: Articles, Latest News
Why do sensible people lose the ability to act rationally when they are in conflict? What makes some families tear themselves apart in petty squabbles so that family members don’t ...
22
Aug
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...
21
Aug
What is the dispute really about?
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When for some years I headed up a team of forensic accountants in my old national firm, as a matter of policy I always recruited people who were brighter than me. They kept me on ...
20
Aug
Creative mediation
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Mediation is now so well known that any competent lawyer can rattle off the advantages: quick, cheap, confidential, without prejudice, reduced risk of adverse costs, the parties ar...
19
Aug
Family inheritance mediation
Category: Articles, Latest News
I want to talk today about a particularly difficult problem which mediators are asked to address, namely disputes over family inheritance. The reason they are so difficult is that...
04
Aug
Have an interest in ensuring the best possible standards for mediators? Then the College needs you!
Category: Jobs, Latest News, News
Have an interest in ensuring the best possible standards for mediators? Want to have active input in the creation of the rules and regulations to which you and your colleagues must...
03
Aug
Meet our new Director Tony Whatling
Category: Articles, Latest News
What follows is a copy of an interview by a Portuguese magazine ‘Sabado’ 20 years ago, where Tony had delivered a lecture at Porto University Law school, to an audience of Ministe...
31
Jul
Free places for level 3 mediator skills qualification
Category: Events, Latest News
Smile is offering free places on their level 3 mediator skills qualification to people who are willing to volunteer for Smile for 12 months after receiving their qualification. The...
27
Jul
Government response – Post Consultation report for the consultation paper ‘Increasing the use of mediation in the Civil Jurisdiction System’
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Increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system Government Response to Consultation Presented to Parliament by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice by...
14
Jul
Research on Inheritance Disputes and Mediation
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Dr Maria Moscati (Reader in Law and Society at University of Sussex) and Mr Andrew Sims (Independent Mediator in Full-time practice) are carrying out research on Inheritance Disput...