02 January 2009
A specialist debt recovery firm has shifted its focus away from litigation to mediation and says this has resulted in a 40 % increase in turnover. At the heart...
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02 January 2009
Dame Hazel Genn is a distinguished authority on civil justice and a leading researcher on the Government´s ADR initiatives. Dame Genn´s recent Hamlyn lectures ´Judging Civil Justice´ covered...
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26 November 2008
The National Centre for Languages (CiLT) launches the first ever National Occupational Standards for working with people from different countries or diverse cultures. The new Standards provide a quality...
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10 November 2008
ACAS´s revised Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance clearly sets mediation at an informal stage. The Code locates mediation as a pre-formal stage and does not cover the process...
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23 October 2008
Business psychologist firm OPP have conducted extensive global research on the business costs of conflict. The report, jointly authored with the CIPD, adopts a positive attitude to the nature...
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22 October 2008
The International Mediation Institute (IMI) has recently set out its mediator standards and certification programme. The IMI has been created as an international public policy initiative. The IMI...
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15 October 2008
Cardiff County Council´s Trading Standards Department now offer a free mediation service. The new pilot scheme provides free mediation services for consumers and businesses. The service also...
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18 August 2008
The Equality & Human Rights Commission have extended their Disability Rights Conciliation Service (DCS). A recent agreement with Department of Transport will extend the service to include complaints...
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30 July 2008
The CIPD survey reveals that most widely adopted practice for handling conflict is the training of HR managers (80%). Mediation is written into policies on diversity, harassment or bullying...
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29 July 2008
Confidentiality is one of the foundation stones of mediation. Such confidentiality has long been respected by parties, professionals and courts. However, there is an increasing fear that such boundaries are...
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