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If only we’d done it sooner ….

Following some recent multi-million pound commercial mediations, the thought struck me that there is one thing common to disputes - whether at this level or between two individuals who can't get on at work - they take up a huge amount of time and energy which could so usefully be spent on other things.

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Naming the elephant

This week I bumped into a friend who's a psychologist and we got into a discussion about the approach to leaving a problem in the past and moving into the future.

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Charities and social enterprises urged to embrace The Better Way

Charities and social enterprises could make much needed financial savings by engaging in mediation instead of costly legal action - that was the message this morning as Belfast based law-firm Edwards & Co launched ‘the better way’, a dedicated mediation service for third sector organisations in Northern Ireland.

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Mediation for Charities

In the NI Charity Commission’s 2014 report it highlighted as a concern ‘Disagreements and disputes within a charity’ and warned of the importance of Charities having a means of resolving such disputes since often these will not be something that the Commission has either the power or resources to become involved in.

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Mediation in the news

Mediation –the way ahead This morning’s news reports in Northern Ireland without exception carried the story that there had been a call for the parties to mediate in the so-called ‘gay cake case’. Last week’s local news reports carried the story of Sport NI and the issues in the workplace that appear to have led to a string of grievances leading to media attention which has nothing to do with the benevolent objectives of the organisation.

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