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Ireland Implements Mediation Directive

"Jarleth Heneghan and Cassandra Byrne deliver an update following the implementation of the EU Mediation Directive and ask what does it mean for CPAs?

Society is not best served by legal division of labour

OPINION: ...

Avoid a courtroom drama

 LAST WEEK Minister for Justice Alan Shatter was putting the finishing touches to the long-awaited (and Troika-mandated) Legal Services Bil...

Research and Markets: Mediation Ethics: Cases and Commentaries - 2011 - Evaluative, Facilitative, Narrative and Transformative Mediators Are Represented

"Mediation Ethics is a groundbreaking text that offers conflict resolution professionals a much-needed resource for traversing the often disorienting landscape of ethical decision making. Edited by mediation expert Ellen Waldman, the book is filled w...

AIB to mediate action against former executives

"AIB is to enter mediation talks with six former senior executives accused by the bank of secretly scheming to take over the clients, business and staff of AIB's international financial services business for their own gain, the High Court heard t...

Mediation

"Ireland’s Law Reform Commission has stepped up its focus on alternative dispute resolution processes, following up on previous work in order to meet the requirements of the European Union’s mediation directive requiring country-members t...

Restorative Justice Model Ireland

"The Restorative Justice Model introduced in Ireland is another service; victims can avail of outside the criminal justice system to aid their recovery. In theory it provides the victim with the opportunity to find out why the offence happened to the...

Change To Mediation 'A Governmental Task'

"The promotion of mediation as an alternative to litigation, which was of benefit to society as well as to the parties concerned, is a governmental task, according to the Chief Justice."

Legal Aid Board Is Keen To Move Mediation Into The Mainstream

"Mediation is clearly “a good thing” in principle, as has been evidenced in recent times by the endorsement of among others, the Law Reform Commission, the Chief Justice and the engagement of many professionals, both legal and others, in ...

Housing Executive Hails Mediation Scheme Success

"“Most cases can be resolved by the use of warning letters, Acceptable Behaviour Contracts, or referral to our mediation service.”"