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October 31, 2020
People who never mediate don’t realise that while the process is highly effective, it isn’t always an easy option. Perhaps in mediation, even more than other situations, the difficult person can stand out as any combination of uncooperative, unwilling to participate,...
The 2015 edition of the Civil Mediation Council Annual Conference was headlined by the day’s topic of “Mediation: Meeting Participants’ Expectations?” Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury started the day by reminding everyone that in spite of mediation’s relatively recent...
We all know how good it feels to win. When we beat a personal goal in a running race, close a business deal, or when the politician we voted for wins an election. Winning, whether a personal achievement or that of a beloved football team, sends a surge of adrenaline...
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. CEDR has developed a training course...
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...
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...
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...
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. Interestingly, these talks have been led by President Jacob Zuma,...
A terrorist storms into a Heathrow-bound train and takes hostage all of the passengers, demanding a ransom of £10 million. On the other side of the world, two CEOs meet in a five-star hotel conference room in Hong Kong to finalize a business deal. Off the bat, these...
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...
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. And yet as...