the value of resolving disputes equipping students and staff, including managers with key workplace...

THE VALUE OF RESOLVING DISPUTES

equipping students and staff, includingmanagers with key workplace and life

skills

The potential of mediation to

transform dispute resolution

Ewan MalcolmPatron, Scottish Mediation Network

• Scottish Mediation Network is a Charity registered in Scotland

• It aims to embed mediation into the culture of Scotland as a widely available and clearly understood option for resolving disputes of all kind

Themes

1. Shifts in perception

2. Capacity3. Opportunities

1 Shifts in perception that are transforming dispute

resolution in Scotland

The potential of mediation to transform dispute resolution

MEDIATION -A Definition• Mediation is a process in which disputing

parties seek to build agreement and/or improve understanding with the assistance of a trained mediator acting as an impartial third party.

• Mediation is voluntary and aims to offer the disputing parties the opportunity to be fully heard, to hear each other’s perspectives and to decide how to resolve their dispute themselves.”

• CODE OF PRACTICE FOR MEDIATION IN SCOTLAND

2 The collaborative community of people

engaged in mediative activity

The potential of mediation to transform dispute resolution

www.scottishmediation.org.uk

3 Opportunities

The potential of mediation to transform dispute resolution

“Mediation, while not a universal panacea, is…a key dispute resolution option … and should form an essential part of any modern civil justice system”Business Experts and Law Forum

Conclusion

Scottish Mediation Conference

Thursday 25th & Friday 26th February 2010

Barceló Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh “Strengthening Practice”

Enter the prize draw at the SMN Stand

Scottish Mediation Network18 York Place, Edinburgh

0131 556 1221info@scottishmediation.org.uk

www.scottishmediation.org.uk

THE VALUE OF RESOLVING DISPUTES

equipping students and staff, includingmanagers with key workplace and life

skills