Mediation
Course Information:
Venue: | Duration: | Date: | Price: |
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Online | 20 hours | Flexi-date | £2,500.00 |
In-House | Agreed with client | Flexible | POA |
London | 5 days | 22 April 2024 | £4,250 |
London | 5 days | 19 August 2024 | £4,250 |
If you are unable to attend this course on the dates above, please contact us to discuss alternative options.
Please note that prices shown above are exclusive of VAT (20%).
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Who should attend?
- Legal managers
- Claims managers
- Company lawyers and in-house counsel
- Commercial contract managers
- Lawyers and other professional advisers in private practice
- Judges
- Academic lawyers
- Anyone involved in the professional management of relationships
Accreditations
Outcomes
- Evaluate and apply mediation-based strategies for resolving conflict
- Identify thestrengths and weaknesses of mediation when applied to specific disputes
- Prepare their organisation to participate in the mediation process
- Use newly gained skills to select an appropriate mediator
- Manage conflict through a negotiated approach
COURSE TOPICS:
Overview of Mediation
- Mediation fundamentals
- Facilitated negotiation and neutral intermediaries
- Appointing and working with a mediator
- Process and stages of a mediation
- Reaching a settlement agreement
- Practical arrangements
Mediation Agreements and other Formalities
- Contractual commitments to mediate
- ADR Contract Clauses
- The Mediation Agreement
- Important clauses in the agreement
- Establishing the rules of the mediation
- “Without prejudice” status of discussions
- Confidentiality
- Terminating the agreement
- Fees and expenses
- Settlement Agreements
- Staying future proceedings
- Class exercise in preparing an ADR contract clause
Mediation Processes
- Structuring a mediation process
- Preparation phase
- Opening joint sessions
- Caucus meetings in private
- The Conclusion phase
- Alternative mediation processes
- Formalising the settlement agreement
- After the mediation
- Class exercise: Mediating a dispute
Developing Mediation skills
- Building trust and rapport
- Active listening
- Identifying common interests
- Engaging reluctant participants
- Facilitating co-operative problem-solving behaviours
- Dealing with deadlock
- Helping both sides get a win-win
- Class exercise
Mediation Scenarios
- Choosing the right mediator for the job
- Duties of the mediator and professional advisers
- Mediation scenarios
- Beyond mediation – next steps and alternatives
- Course summary and post-course questionnaire exercise
o Commercial disputes
o Domestic / Family disputes
o Workplace disputes
o Online mediation