by Graham Perry | Mar 8, 2021 | Arbitration, Law, Mediation, Thought For The Day
You are doing a commercial mediation. Things are going well. There is movement and open minds. In a private meeting, Party A authorises you to inform Party B that Party A will accept an immediate one-off payment of £80,000 from Party B in settlement of the dispute....
by Graham Perry | Mar 6, 2021 | Arbitration, Mediation, Thought For The Day
As a Chair of five arbitrators on an Appeal Board, I always focused on listing the issues. It brings focus + clarity to your work. No list + issues can slip through the net. This is not just a fail safe tactic – it serves two specific purposes;- First, –...
by Graham Perry | Mar 4, 2021 | Arbitration, Mediation, Thought For The Day
You are the sole mediator. There is an impasse. Nothing is moving. You are beginning to feel the pressure. And you do wonder if you are doing things right. This is where your skills come into play – Are you thinking creatively? Have you an open mind or are you, like...
by Graham Perry | Mar 3, 2021 | Arbitration, Mediation, Thought For The Day
They have to be ahead of the game + not trailing in its wake. Fall behind + you never catch up. Once Behind Always Behind. This is back to bad habits – one of the hardest things to do in life is to boot out a bad habit. A habit is a habit – like putting...
by Graham Perry | Mar 2, 2021 | Arbitration, Mediation, Thought For The Day
First Moments Matter. Be yourself – don’t be a phoney or artificial. Some mediators act like that because the moment gets to them. Sometimes you have to fight to be natural. A contradiction in terms but not really. Think about it. You are the centre of...
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