Group
Mediation and Dispute Resolution Hub
Unit(s) of assessment: Law
School: Nottingham Law School
Overview
The vision for the Mediation and Dispute Resolution Hub is that it will be at the forefront of academic commentary and innovative contribution to:
- The role and training of lawyers to be effective as representatives of clients in mediation
- The most effective and efficient styles of mediation practice with a particular focus on the user perspectives
- The methods of selecting, training and developing individuals as effective mediators with particular regard to current training practices and the validation of institutions.
If users and the wider community are to gain the full benefit of and the opportunities to enrich society from, the use of mediation research is needed to inform the thinking of key stakeholders in the field.
It is envisaged that the Hub will design and develop training both theoretical and practical which would be attractive to:
- Undergraduate students and postgraduate students seeking a professional legal qualification
- Practising lawyers wanted to be effective representatives of clients
- Practising mediators, and those seeking to qualify as mediators, by creating an internationally recognised academic standard.
We are keen to develop and maintain links with key stakeholder organisations, both in academia and in the mediation provision community. We seek to cultivate and sustain strong relationships with leading professionals involved with mediation both as facilitator practitioners and as representatives or advocates for their clients.
Joy Davies is the Director of the Hub. She is a member of the Working Party drafting the Rules for the 12th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition scheduled to take place in Paris in February 2017 and has been invited to be a member of the Judges Panel for the Competition.
Membership of the Hub is open to all University academic staff with an interest in and experience of mediation, arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution outside the court system.
News and events
Following a strong performance in our internal negotiation competition, Wai Yee Law and Wing Sum Chan were selected to represent the university in the 2022 Mediation Skills Competition run by the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators in London.
The competition involved three different mediation scenarios which raised a range of legal issues and financial claims. The competition was judged by experienced professional mediators and teams of trainee lawyers competed alongside university students.
We are delighted to announce that NTU's team were awarded "Best University" in the competition. Megan Shirley, who coached the pair, said "We are really proud of our students for competing and being recognised in such a prestigious competition."
The Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution has run another successful negotiation competition this term. With students entering from almost every course within the Law School, there was an impressive level of performance.
Megan Shirley, Peter Vaughan and Alan Dury provided training to the students on negotiation skills and preparation of mediation plans. The competition culminated in a live negotiation round in which students worked in pairs to secure a good deal for their clients. Jorge Kemp and Oli Livingstone, both 3rd year LLB students, were judged the winners. Congratulations Jorge and Oli!
Joy was delighted to be selected to be a judge in the 16th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition, conducted online. She witnessed strong performances from the students in the mediation sessions that she had the privilege of observing and judging. Although not a criterion on the competition score sheet, the students' ability to adapt seamlessly to mediating online was exceptional.
External advisory board
- Professor Richard Butler – NLS Visiting Professor in Dispute Resolution, Solicitor, Chartered Arbitrator, Mediator
- Dr Greg Bond - Academic at the University of Applied Sciences, Wildau, Berlin; practising mediator
- Professor Andrew Goodman - Professor of Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution Studies at Rushmore University, USA; Convenor, Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates
- Phillip Howell-Richardson - Solicitor, International Commercial mediator, Chair of PIM Senior Mediators, a group maintaining and enhancing professional standards
- Katie Bradford - Partner Linklaters, founder of the Commercial Mediation Users Group
- Margaret Bickford-Smith QC - Barrister, Recorder, Mediator. Member of the Mediation Panel of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Amanda Bucklow - Independent Commercial Mediator and Trainer
- Nicholas Pryor, Solicitor, International Commercial Mediator
- Dr Emma Gatland - Barrister, NLS alumnus (GDL, BPTC)
Former members for the Mediation and Dispute Resolution Hub
- The late Karl Davies - Mediator, former Chief Executive of the City Disputes Panel, Past Master Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, pro bono judge / mediator for NLS mediation and negotiation competitions.
- The late Miryana Nesic, Visiting Professor for Mediation at Nottingham Law School
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