Mediation Research
Here are some mediation research resources that you may find useful:
'The Walk from 'No' to 'Yes' - a super 20 minute TED presentation on The Third Side and the Middle East peace process by our friend and inspiration, William Ury.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Conciliation - a report by the Irish Law Reform Commission, published in November 2010, which notes that mediation and conciliation are increasingly being used to try to reach mutually acceptable settlements of civil and commercial cases
'Investigation of Construction Lawyer Attitudes to Use of Mediation in Scotland' - research by Andrew Agapiou and Bryan Clark, both of Glasgow University, presented at the 2010 Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Mediation Pledge - proposal from Scottish Mediation for a mediation pledge from the Scottish Government
Statistics on the Use of Mediation - a graph showing trends in mediation over the past five years
'The Growth of Mediation in Practice' - the Scots Law Times published an article by John Sturrock on the growth of mediation on 19th March 2009
'Civil and Commercial Mediation - a Scottish Perspective' - John Sturrock's address to the Civil Mediation Council National Conference in May 2009
A Guide to the Use of Mediation in the Planning System in Scotland
Address by Master of the Rolls - Lord Clarke gave a forceful speech on mediation in his keynote address at Littleton Chambers' Third Annual Mediation Event
Cross-Cultural Mediation - personal reflections by cross-cultural mediator Sarah Blake
'Doing Deals and Resolving Conflict Using Mediation and NLP' - article by David Fraser reflecting on the advantages of mediation using Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
'Reflections on Commercial Mediation in Scotland' - Article by John Sturrock published by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2007. It looks at recent developments in commercial mediation in Scotland.
'Mediation in Property Matters' - article by John Sturrock and Pamela Lyall published in Green's Property Law Bulletin in October 2006
'New European Directive on Mediation' - article from May 2008 on the European Directive on Mediation.
Kings College Research on The Use of Mediation in Construction Disputes
Summary by the Civil Mediation Council of Lord Justice Jackson's Report on the Costs Review - published February 2010
Extracts from Lord Justice Jackson's Report on the Costs Review - relating to ADR and mediation. Published by the Civil Mediation Council.