Leading workplace mediator Liz Rivers discusses how mediation is revolutionising workplace sexual harassment cases.
IPOS Mediator and Partner, Henrietta Jackson-Stops, shares her thoughts following LIDW25, after her second and last year as Co-Chair.
IPOS Mediation was established 30 years ago – founder Mark Jackson-Stops looks back at three decades of mediation and some key learnings along the way.
Harry Spurr, full-time mediator, explains the significance of the mediation case everyone’s currently talking about: Superdry – what is it and why is it important?
Three decades on, IPOS founder Mark Jackson-Stops reflects on why he pivoted to mediation and how he established a successful mediation practice.
Parties not settling their dispute? Here’s what a mediator can do next to ‘close’ the deal or prime the parties for a later settlement.
Mediation without settlement – is there any point? Yes! Even without resolution, mediation can get parties to a better place.
A recent case has once more brought to the forefront of people’s minds the extent to which what is said in a mediation can be used in evidence if the parties later fall out about the settlement agreement.
Roger the chief executive of an IT company called me one day to ask for my help. “I have just received another email’ he said ‘It’s the third this week and I really don’t know what to do next!”
One of the skills required of a mediator is getting parties to think carefully about how they negotiate. I start this process in my first calls with my clients - before the mediation day I always have a zoom call with each party to discuss the case and to get parties thinking about how they wil...
IPOS mediator, Mark Jackson-Stops, and his wife, Sue, were part of a team that drove to Ukraine from 7th - 13th September to deliver vehicles and medical and other aid directly to those at the front line who had requested it.
Open discussions about succession, good structuring and mediation could help a family business avoid going the same way as the Barclay's.