The mediation process is built around the main aim of preventing misunderstanding from escalating to destructive levels. The goal of Mediation is to simply resolve conflicts as favourable as possible to parties involved.
The mediation process is built around the main aim of preventing misunderstanding from escalating to destructive levels. The goal of Mediation is to simply resolve conflicts as favourable as possible to parties involved.
Mediation has shown itself to be a powerful tool for bringing a speedy and effective end to cross-border disputes while preserving the commercial relationship between them
The advantages of virtual mediation suggest that it will be deeply embedded in the ADR landscape long after the pandemic is over.
Today’s pandemic world has, by and large, interrupted the normal progression of most cases regarding when they will go on trial. As a result, mediation has assumed a more important role in the process of disposing of cases by settlement.
While online text-message mediation may not be the right fit for every participant or every dispute, it is a viable option to help parties resolve their legal dispute, one text message at a time.
Whether we will see a significant increase in mediations in the new year will depend in part on the rate at which states sign up to the Singapore Convention.
Changing abrasive behavior is possible but it takes backbone and focused effort.
Decision making is a process. Taking a decision is an act. In mediation, parties’ right of self-determination is to be respected.
Consider how mediators ourselves contribute to conflict by an unwillingness or incapacity to examine our own biases. Starting with ourselves is the first step to cultural competence.
The Singapore Convention, will facilitate international trade and commerce by enabling disputing parties to easily enforce and invoke settlement agreements across borders.