Papers
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papers may be freely copied for information and reference
purposes on the understanding that there is clear
attribution of the author.
Advanced Mediator Skills
Project
Michele Gill, July 2002
Building
a Mediation Practice
by David Richbell, Being well trained and obtaining
accreditation is only the first step to becoming a
successful commercial mediator.......
Co-Mediation
by David Richbell. This chapter is about Co-Mediation. It
is the most effective, most rewarding, most valuable method
of mediating disputes......
Deal Mediation
by David Richbell, I write this paper from the perspective
of mediating hundreds of commercial disputes and in so
doing using skills and competencies.....
Evaluative
Mediation
by David Richbell. Evaluative mediation means, for the
purposes of this paper, the mediator expressing an
opinion....
Lawyers In Mediation
by David Richbell. Mediation challenges the traditional
role of all lawyers, both in-house and external, in
resolving disputes....
Mediating Multi-Party
Disputes
by David Richbell. This is about mediating disputes where
there are more than a single claimant and a single
defendant involved....
Mediation Overview
by David Richbell. There is one crucial factor that makes
commercial mediation different from most other forms of
dispute resolution....
Mediation Process
by David Richbell. Commercial mediation is a flexible
process and therefore not one to be constrained by rules or
by a rigid framework....
Mediations Get Better
Deals
by David Richbell. A lot has been written about mediation,
mostly in support, some casting doubt on its suitability in
resolving insurance disputes....
Mediator Skills
by David Richbell. An effective mediator of civil and
commercial disputes does not need to be an expert in law;
indeed s/he does not need to be a lawyer....
Most Lawyers Foul Up
Mediations
by David Richbell. A colleague recently asked me if
Collaborative Law means the end of commercial mediation as
we know it....
One In Three Clients Try To
By-Pass Lawyers In Mediation
by David Richbell. At a recent gathering of top commercial
mediators, a significant number reckoned that on average
one in three parties at some stage ask the mediator to
bypass their lawyer....
The Government Lawyer's Role
In Mediation
by David Richbell. Mediation challenges the traditional
role of all lawyers, both internal and external, in
resolving disputes....
The Subvertive Lawyer's Guide
To Mediation
by David Richbell. Mediation is 'sold' on the basis that it
is quick, cost effective, confidential and puts the power
back with the client....
What The Mediator Looks For In
Lawyers
by David Richbell. In a commercial mediation the Mediator
has a responsibility to give the parties the best chance of
doing a deal....