An open letter to Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland on aspects of conflict resolution, negotiation and mediation. By Paul Kirkwood, sometime litigation solicitor turned mediator. Dear Nicola, I had the good fortune to be present at the Scottish parliament on Saturday, 12 May 2018 when William Ury, international negotiator and mediator, and co-author of
Kearns Solicitors, based in Caerphilly, Wales have set up what is now a UK wide panel of mediators-Kearns Mediation. I am delighted to have been appointed to provide the Scottish representation on their panel, meaning that Kearns are now able to provide a pan-British Isles mediation service, covering all regions of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Some notes following my meeting with Margaret Mitchell MSP, convener of the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament to discuss mediation. The Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament began considering Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) earlier this year and had its first public committee hearing on 6 February 2018. The Committee is convened by Margaret Mitchell,
As the result of the introduction of the Simple Procedure (anything but) Rules in sheriff courts in Scotland in November 2016, many sheriffs now invite civil litigants to consider mediating their disputes (valued up to £5000) before the sheriff will fix a hearing of evidence/proof. Mediators (including me) from the University of Strathclyde mediation clinic
Lecture on Employment Mediation provided by Paul Kirkwood to Edinburgh Business School on 23 March 2018. I was delighted to be invited by Dr Sara Chaudry Lecturer and by Chris Phillips Solicitor and now Partner at Thorntons Solicitors to provide a talk about Employment Mediation to the course that Dr Chaudry lectures at Edinburgh Business