Last week CEDR hosted an event at the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall in London to celebrate the launch of CEDR’s Corporate Governance training course with the International Finance Corporation, a division of the World Bank.
Resolving tax disputes has traditionally been a time-consuming process in countries around the world. Speaking at the celebration of the completion of Phase 1 of CEDR’s twenty-four month commercial mediation project within the country, Phil Batson, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Moldova, suggested to an audience of lawyers, mediators, policy makers, investors, and Government Ministers, that mediation is not restricted to purely business disputes.
After a victory for the Republican Party in the Senate last week in the US midterm elections, the United States once again finds itself in the unpleasant position of facing utter gridlock: two parties with opposing viewpoints are in positions of high power with circular veto power.
The use of mediation appears to continue to grow in popularity internationally to an exponential degree. As this expansion continues, it is important to maintain a constant dialogue about the role of mediation across the globe and its impact, different approaches, and the challenges faced within different jurisdictions.
After a recent military coup attempt, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has recently returned to Lesotho, where talks thus far between Mr Thabane and his rival, Mothetjoa Metsing have not been successful.
During a recent excursion to a café on a sunny Saturday afternoon, a mathematician taught me how to play chess over tea and lunch. Since then, I’ve played another ten games with that same mathematician, and I’ve miraculously only lost nine of them – and as a writer up against someone who actually enjoys mathematics, I consider that a fairly lucky track record.
As the global Ebola crisis casts its net wider, reaching North America and Europe, one might think that political officials would be doing anything in their power to ensure its immediate halt, taking all necessary precautions to prevent its further spread.
