I. Introduction With the inception of ‘Farm Laws’ – ‘The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020’, ‘The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020’, and the amended ‘The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020’, there has been a large hue and cry in North India, parting […]
Read moreFaye D’ Souza needs no introduction. In 2015, she proposed to the board of Bennett Coleman and Co. to institute yet another prime time news channel in India. But this channel, Mirror Now, would focus on citizen rights and issues. This should not have been revolutionary 68 years after independence, but astoundingly, it was. In […]
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United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation Singapore Convention The United Nations General Assembly after adopting the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation on 20th December 2018, authorised that the Convention will open for signature at signing ceremony to be held on 7th August 2019 in Singapore and […]
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Speech by Mr. Sameer Shah – Mediation : A Cost Effective Tool for Resolution of Disputes for MSMEs
Mr. Sameer Shah Advocate/Arbitrator/Mediator, Council Member- Alliance for Equality in Dispute Resolution “In court we get law, in mediation we get justice” A very good morning to all of you. In the world cup season, I am here as the first opener. And I’ll try my best to leave the team to success. The following […]
Read moreThe stability and success of any business is based on the strength of its relationships with its suppliers, personnel, customers and the society at large. A situation of conflict with or within this network can lead to the collapse of the entire system with ripple effects across sectors. It is well known fact that 8 out […]
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Report on Awareness Seminar Mediation: A Cost-Effective Tool for Resolution of Disputes for SMEs
I attended the Seminar for bringing awareness about Mediation and its benefits to SMEs, on Friday at the Taj President. Though I could only attend the first part of the seminar because of my flight schedule, I indeed gained a lot of knowledge from the part that I actively participated in. The Seminar started with […]
Read more“Mediation is a process to resolve disputes of the parties, by the parties, which is facilitated for the parties by a mediator. In mediation, the parties retain the right to self-determination in resolving a dispute and the terms of any settlement. Even though the mediator facilitates their communications and negotiations, the parties always retain control […]
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The Global March of Mediation
The benefits of time and cost that arise from adopting mediation have been celebrated time and again; nonetheless, when choosing to mediate a dispute, a relevant consideration is – how successful such a process has been in the past. In other words, one would always ask, what is the track record of mediation as an option for concluding […]
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