ALLOW THE ANGER TO COME OUT

ALLOW THE ANGER TO COME OUT

COMMENT FOR THE DAY #61 – EPISODE 5 H+W mediations can be the tensest. Just have a read of Shakespeare + see how jealousy can distort normal thought processes. You have to sit + listen. Don’t try to deflect or curtail. The aggrieved partner – and it...
THE STANDARD OF PROOF

THE STANDARD OF PROOF

COMMENT OF THE DAY #50 ARBITRATION Sellers + Buyers entered into an acquisition agreement. The purchase price required ‘a working capital adjustment’ to be ascertained by expert determination which “will be final + binding in the absence of manifest error”. There was...
MEDIATION CONUNDRUM

MEDIATION CONUNDRUM

An employee is fired. The grounds are not strong. He agrees to mediation. Actually you have a subjective sympathy for him but you know that this cannot blur your judgement. You know you have to remain neutral but you do feel he has been manipulated. The firm is...
Unconscious Bias

Unconscious Bias

Unconscious bias is a big issue. How do Mediators and Arbitrators deal with this problem? The difficulty is that the bias is not always recognised or detected and that is because the bias is nearly always unconscious. Our problem has been that we could only deal with...