Mediation

WORDS MATTER – EPISODE 2

by | 22 June 2021 | Mediation, Thought For The Day | 0 Comments

HUSBAND + WIFE MEDIATION #117 You are taking stock. You have had separate first meetings with H+W. You have an understanding of the chronology of the relationship. You sense divorce is divorce with no reconciliation option. You are with H again. You are still...
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WORDS MATTER

by | 21 June 2021 | Mediation, Thought For The Day | 0 Comments

MEDIATION #116 Good Morning from London. Today, Day 1 of a 3 Day look at words that help + hinder a mediation. Less of a story narrative + more of guidance note. Words do matter. Just think of the occasions when you allowed the wrong words to tumble out in a sensitive...
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WINGERS AT WAR – EPISODE 4

by | 19 June 2021 | Mediation, Thought For The Day | 0 Comments

MEDIATION #115 The State of Play. To your surprise, the Wingers are at War. This is not a superficial difference of opinion but an agenda of contempt, if not hate + its origins are in a past incident. Winger A was an arbitrator and Winger B was an advocate. You are...
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WINGERS AT WAR – EPISODE 3

by | 18 June 2021 | Mediation, Thought For The Day | 0 Comments

MEDIATION #114 The Unexpected Has Happened. The two party-appointed arbitrators are at war. Can the arbitration continue? Probably not, but before you call a halt to proceedings + inform the parties you decide to make one last effort – a mediation. You owe it to the...
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THE CLAIMANT’S OVER-ACTIVE LAWYER

THE CLAIMANT’S OVER-ACTIVE LAWYER

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MEDIATION You have won the day. You isolated the trouble threatening Claimants Over-Active Lawyer (renamed COAL). You worked your magic on the parties. You created momentum + things fell into place. It is not always like this. Mediation can be derailed. Success is not...

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May 26, 2021

COMMENT FOR THE DAY MEDIATION Can you get the parties + their lawyers to agree to two simultaneous side-by-side meetings? The first with you + the parties. Second – the 2 lawyers working on the detail. You hope so. It is the way forward. You think hard overnight. What...

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COMMENT FOR THE DAY #92 EPISODE 2 MEDIATION You sense you have a problem with the Claimants’ over-active lawyer. He has too much to say. Is it a one-off or a sign of things to come? It’s the latter + the problem is getting bigger, not smaller. Does he have problems...

THE DOMINATING SOLICITOR EPISODE 1

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COMMENT FOR THE DAY #91 MEDIATION The scenario. The solicitors representing the two parties to a dispute have advised their clients to pull back from the brink and, instead of going to arbitration, have decided to give mediation a chance. Your appointment as mediator...

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