International Mediation

The UN Convention on Mediation in Singapore this month marked mediation’s growing role in settling cross-border trade and political disputes. This three-part series of articles discusses cultural differences in dispute resolution and the role of robots in mediation

Mediation needs more women and fewer corporate lawyers
London needs a more diverse pool of mediators to compete with the likes of Singapore
Mediation evangelist wants Japan to rival Singapore and Hong Kong
Japanese companies have limited experience of alternative dispute resolution
Robots and AI threaten to mediate disputes better than lawyers
Algorithms and big data are entering the often shrouded world of alternative dispute resolution
China Belt and Road disputes set to fuel mediation’s global rise
Singapore moves to take advantage of Asian growth as preferences shift away from arbitration
New UN Singapore Convention drives shift to mediation of trade disputes
Signatories aim to ease global commerce and promote ‘alternative and effective’ resolution
Why the UK and EU need mediation to unpick the Brexit mess
A commercial mediator makes the case for intervention to tease out an agreement