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HOUSING AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES – EPISODE 3

MEDIATION #178 THE MEDIATOR HAS TWO MEETINGS Our mediator, Mrs Harmison, has spoken with a number of local interests. She is beginning to understand both sides of the argument – those that want to house the Afghan immigrants in the City Centre Hotel and those who do...

HOUSING AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES – EPISODE 2

MEDIATION #178 THE MEDIATOR LISTENS A planning application with political overtones. Prominent local interests have become involved. Battle lines are being drawn + you, Mrs Harmison, (an experienced Community Mediator) have been appointed to mediate a settlement. Can...

HOUSING AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES – EPISODE 1

MEDIATION #177 DIFFERENT INTERESTS You take a call late one evening from the Town Hall Solicitor in a Northern Inner City. A dispute is careering towards the Courts concerning an application by a City Centre Hotel for a change of use to provide accommodation to...

ADVERSARIAL v INQUISITORIAL – EPISODE 6

ARBITRATION #176 ADVERSARIAL v INQUISITORIAL FINAL EPISODE  A reader asks “what happens if Sellers do not take the bait. If they fail to respond or, perhaps, do so and maintain their previous position." The Tribunal has an obligation to be clear and straightforward in...

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LATE EVIDENCE EPISODE 1

LATE EVIDENCE EPISODE 1

You are the Chair of a five-person Board of Appeal. Sellers won the first tier. Buyers appeal.

THE CLAIMANT’S OVER-ACTIVE LAWYER

THE CLAIMANT’S OVER-ACTIVE LAWYER

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...

THE OVER-ACTIVE PLAINTIFF’S LAWYER – EPISODE 5

THE OVER-ACTIVE PLAINTIFF’S LAWYER – EPISODE 5

COMMENT FOR THE DAY MEDIATION Things are going your way but still some hurdles. Your talk with the parties has gone well. You are discussing settlement. But what about the Plaintiff’s Over-Active Lawyer (POAL). His ego is bruised + which is dangerous. You want him...

THE OVER-ACTIVE PARTY LAWYER EPISODE 4

THE OVER-ACTIVE PARTY LAWYER EPISODE 4

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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