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October 2009
* Master Class with Ken Cloke -
Friday 13 November - register now
* Flagship Mediation and Conflict
Management Training Course 2010
- Early Bird registration available now
Churches Conference on Peacemaking
International Academy of Mediators
Cross Cultural Mediation and Conflict
Management
Mediation Business
Brisk
Mediation business was brisk
throughout this summer and our mediators have been engaged nearly every week
since the spring, helping businesses and individuals to find ways forward in
many difficult situations. These include:
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Ÿ Renewable energy project Ÿ Planning applications Ÿ Infrastructure schemes Ÿ Construction contracts Ÿ Public private partnership issues Ÿ Share purchase and business acquisition Ÿ Taxation on receivership Ÿ Corporate banking recovery |
Ÿ Client relationships in professional services Ÿ Management in organisations Ÿ Agricultural partnership arrangements Ÿ Corporate restructuring Ÿ Alleged professional negligence by architects Ÿ Damages claim for personal injury and loss of
property Ÿ Partnership cessation |
We have been encouraged by
the increased awareness in Government, the public sector and in business as
more and more organisations and individuals turn to mediation as an early means
to sort out differences.
Speaking at conferences on
Public Sector Budgets and the Future of Scotland post devolution (John Sturrock
chaired a conference, “Scotland Ten Years On”, at which both the First Minister
and the Secretary of State for Scotland were the keynote speakers: see Core in
the Press below) has helped to raise the profile of mediation in both the
public and private sectors.
Mediation in Planning
John Sturrock was the keynote
speaker at both the launch in London in early October of the RICS Mediation
Panel and at a conference arranged by Planning Aid in Edinburgh. This comes on
the back of Scotland’s leadership in this field following Core’s preparation of
the Guide to the Use of Mediation in the planning system.
The Guide is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/03/10154116/0
William Ury
We continue to benefit from
the enormous success of William Ury’s visit to Edinburgh in June. Scotland’s Futures
Forum did us proud at the Scottish Parliament with a very well attended opening
event for Dr Ury’s visit. A DVD is now available of the Conversation between Dr
Ury and John Sturrock at our subsequent dinner attended by nearly 80 people.
The success of the all-day
master class event at The Hub, attended by over 100 participants, is marked by
the fact that hundreds of Dr Ury’s books are now circulating in Scotland.
Contact us if you wish a copy of the DVD or one of
the books.
Master Class with Ken
Cloke
Mediating
Dangerously: The Frontiers of Conflict Resolution
Friday 13 November 2009 –
register now
Last December, we were
honoured to welcome Kenneth Cloke, President and co-founder of Mediators
Beyond Borders and Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution, to Edinburgh.
He left a deep impression on his audiences and gave us all with much to think
about.
Now we have a great
opportunity to hear Ken again.
“I have been left with an
overwhelming feeling that I was part of something very special indeed! Ken is
an amazing person – great teacher, educator, motivator – and passionate about
Mediation and Conflict Resolution.”
“What a brilliant
couple of days in Edinburgh with Ken Cloke. How totally inspiring.”
William Ury says this of
Ken Cloke’s writing:
“Ken Cloke pushes us think
beyond the conventional boundaries of conflict resolution. ……His ideas are
dangerous. Read him at your own risk – and the reward is great!”
Click here to register online or contact Laura
Rutherford at (laura.rutherford@core.solutions.com) or 0131
221 2520 for more information.
Copenhagen Summit:
December 2009
Mediators Beyond Borders (www.mediatorsbeyondborders.org), of which Ken Cloke is President, is the only
dispute resolution organisation with non-observer status at the vital summit
talks on climate change (COP 15) in Copenhagen in December, which has been
described as “the most important date in the history of humanity”. Mediators
from around the globe will meet together to press for inclusion of mediation in
the protocols for resolution of disputes arising in connection with the impact
of climate change.
To endorse MBB’s proposals,
click here and here for more information about the mediator
gathering in Copenhagen. Please contact John
Sturrock (who will be attending) if you wish to discuss.
Flagship Mediation and
Conflict Management Training Course 2010
24 - 26 March and 22 - 23 April 2010
Early Bird registration
available - register online now.
Click here to read our new course brochure.
Our autumn 2009 course has
been over-subscribed and participants have come from a really fascinating cross
section of business, industry and the professions, including the oil and gas
sector, sports administration, planning, NGO’s, consultancy, the law, public
sector finance, the church and business management. Feedback has been
outstanding.
“I found the
last two days among the most stimulating and challenging I have ever spent in
personal development work” (participant in our latest course)
Places are filling up for the
next course: if you are interested, register online
now or contact Laura Rutherford (laura.rutherford@core.solutions.com)
or 0131 221 2520 for more information.
Churches Conference on
Conflict, Reconciliation and Peace
15 -18 November 2009
The Church of Scotland is
organising a major conference in Aviemore on the theme of Conflict, Reconciliation
and Peace and finding 'A Place for Hope'. Click here for more information. Featured
speakers: Ken Cloke, Dave Brubaker and Alastair McIntosh.
International Academy
of Mediators
In September, Pamela Lyall
and John Sturrock attended the London meeting of this international group of
mediators. Read Pam’s short report here.
Core in the Press
Mediation can be the path to satisfaction in negligence
claims: article commenting on the no-fault compensation
proposals
Civil and Commercial Mediation – a Scottish perspective: IBA Mediation Newsletter
October 2009 – John Sturrock’s address to the Civil Mediation Council National
Conference in London in May 2009
“A welcome break from all the party politics”:
feature in Scotsman supplement (back page) on “Scotland Ten Years On”
conference.
Business Leadership – an article in the Institute of Directors newsletter
by Core mediator Hugh Donald
Cross Cultural
Mediation and Conflict Management
Pamela Lyall writes:
Sarah Blake, a young
Australian mediator came to Scotland in early 2009 with a view to sharing ideas
and experiences with mediators in Scotland and in particular inspiring young
mediators to “get out there and just do it!” She has spent the past six years
working in the field of conflict resolution, management and cross-cultural
engagement, most recently within remote Aboriginal Communities in Northern Australia
and has some fascinating case studies from this work.
In March, in association with
the Young Mediators’ Group, Core arranged a discussion event with her at which
she gave a talk on her own personal reflections as a cross-cultural mediator,
entitled “Cross Cultural Mediation & Conflict Management: A Bridge
Between”.
To read Sarah’s interesting
paper click here.
Law Awards of Scotland
We were pleased to be present
in Glasgow when John Sturrock was named as Mediator of the Year at the Law Awards of
Scotland.
In House Courses
Click here to see a list of what we offer in-house.
Core Books
From time to time, people ask
for our recommendations on mediation and related reading: click here to see our up to date reading list.
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