Try my shoes – not my digital profile
As I travel around the world, teaching mediation in Europe, Asia and Africa, I return from these experiences energised by…
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Setting them up to fail
As mediators, its our job to find acceptable ways forward for all parties in a dispute, and so it was…
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Negotiation
What comes to mind when you think of the word ‘negotiation’?
For many, this word conjures up bargaining, the wrestle…
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Top Ten Tips for People Attending Mediations
Agree on Small Things – If you can reach an agreement about anything, even that the weather has been terrible…
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Where’s the magic in mediation?
Where’s the magic in mediation?
It’s in helping disputants to listen. Listening helps us understand the perspective of the other…
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A Year On
A Year On…
It’s a year since I took the plunge and trained to be a civil and commercialmediator. I’m…
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Special Educational Needs Mediation
Special Educational Needs Mediation
For many parents, having a child with SEN is hard enough, without then having to engage…
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Why I became a mediator
Why I became a mediator
To understand some of the reasons why I chose to stop being a solicitor and…
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Unlocking deadlocks in mediation
Unlocking deadlocks in mediation
Mediators have varied backgrounds. Some are teachers, some psychologists, some lawyers. All must undergo specialist training…
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Mediation in the Market Place
Mediation in the Market Place
Take a prosperous provincial city with a retail economy that has more or less survived…
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