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“The Singapore Convention: A First Look”
YMI supporter M. Salman Ravala and IMI Board Co-Chair Deborah Masucci recently wrote an article entitled “The Singapore Convention: A First Look” for NYSBA’s journal “New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer” (Vol 11 No 2). It gives some key background to the Convention and discusses several important provisions. You can download it here: Singapore Convention ArticleContinue reading →
Johannes P. Willheim CDRC 2018 Keynote: The Future of Dispute Professionals
Johannes P. Willheim, internationally trained disputes lawyer, mediator and professional negotiator, opened up this year’s Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) in Vienna with a keynote on the Future of Dispute Resolution Professionals. Watch it here.
Mediation and Conciliation in UAE
Originally published on Mediate.com, August 2018. Mediation is a non-judicial means of dispute resolution, and it has become very prevalent because of the disadvantages or limitations faced in litigation. Mediation or conciliation has been in UAE for centuries as it has helped resolve disputes cheaply, efficiently and expediently. Sulh or amicable settlement has a longContinue reading →
Ask An Expert, CDRC 2018 Edition: Lisa El Imshati
When did you first hear about the CDRC event? The first time I heard about the CDRC was when I participated at the ICC. I had joined as a member of my university’s elective course of mediation to represent the University of Vienna in Paris. ICC was one of the best experiences and I wantedContinue reading →
Now What? Several Projects are Already Putting the Global Pound Conference Philosophy into Real-World Practice
Deborah Masucci, a member of the GPC organizing committee, reflects on the Global Pound Conference’s philosophy for the spring 2018 issue of the Dispute Resolution Magazine.
Ask An Expert, CDRC 2018 Edition: Aled Davies
What is your background, how did you get into the field? I came into mediation via an unconventional route. As a commercial diver and budding entrepreneur I started a diamond mining company in Southern Africa but the transition from mining to mediation happened by chance when a good friend recommended I join a mediation trainingContinue reading →
Ask An Expert, CDRC 2018 Edition: Jes Lothman
When did you first become interested in mediation? We mediate every day—formally and informally. I have been mediating informally between divorced parents since I was young and I think this laid a foundation for my formal interests throughout the course of my education. In grade school, I volunteered to be a peer mediator and participatedContinue reading →
The 2016-2017 Global Pound Conferences, Like Those Before Them, Looked to the Future
Deborah Masucci, a member of the GPC organizing committee, reflects on the Global Pound Conference for the spring 2018 issue of the Dispute Resolution Magazine.
Shaping ADR’s Future: Views from the Mid-Atlantic Global Pound Conference
The Honorable Rosemarie Annunziata discusses the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Global Pound Conference in Baltimore for the Virginia Bar Association’s Spring 2018 edition of the Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Newsletter.
Autonomy Of The Parties And The Mediation Convention
The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (hereinafter “the Mediation Convention”) and the Model Law on International Commercial Mediation and International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (hereinafter “the Model Law”), which was concluded by UNCITRAL at the beginning of July 2018, are two valuable developments for the international commercial mediation field.
