In this podcast, CEDR spoke to experienced Trust, Wills and Probate Mediator Nick Pearson about the challenges involved in mediating these cases, key practical considerations for lawyers and parties and how to achieve better and more sustainable outcomes.
One of the reasons for the halt in construction is that the parties have fallen out regarding the performance of their obligations under the shareholders’ agreement, and your company is facing a potential breach of contract claim from its joint venture partner.
How does a mediator sustain an uncertain career in a field where he/she is entrusted by the business community and civil society to deliver a seamless service, with unwavering efficiency and professionalism? The answer is Self-Care.
Mediation is a human, not mechanistic process. As practitioners who are intervening in human systems, we use our “self” to do what we do. Our self is the instrument and the greater our knowledge of ourselves in relationship to others, the more successful we will be.
As with many dispute mechanisms, “pulling the trigger” on an SOP Adjudication is also firing the starting gun for what is generally, and particularly in SOP’s case, a short race to prepare for a hearing. SOP Adjudication is, deliberately and necessarily, a fast-track process, with the emphasis on obtaining a quick decision.
As mediators become more versatile mediating online, the effectiveness of virtual mediation will continue to likely increase.
The global rise of mediation as an effective mechanism for resolving complex disputes will continue to grow thanks to a new treaty that establishes a global framework for enforcement of settlement agreements resulting from mediation.
On 4 June 2021, Brazil signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements resulting from Mediation, also known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation” (the “Singapore Convention”).
Just like in basketball, mediations have moments of “hang time” – that point where everything is in the air, suspended. In basketball, hang time usually means a slam dunk is about to happen; for mediations, though, this can become a slam funk.
Former Supreme Court judge Goh Joon Seng, who had served on Singapore’s Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) for more than a decade, died of cancer on Tuesday afternoon (June 15).