Whenever I am contacted by a new client, one thing that’s important to me is good preparation. In fact, preparation is everything. And when I think about preparation and how important it is, [...]

One important thing that parties in mediation need to agree to is full disclosure. It’s one of the most important things about the process because it’s a good faith process. Occasionally, though thankfully [...]

I talked to a client earlier this year who didn’t know very much about family law. He was getting separated from his wife, so he needed a lot of information about what the [...]

I recently spoke on a panel at the BC Arbitration and Mediation Institute’s annual Symposium. It was a good panel, and we had a great conversation. The topic was around pluralism, and conflict [...]

People often ask me how long it will take to do the mediation process. This is a great question and actually one I wish clients would ask me more often, because it tells [...]

This video was part a series of 2-minutes-or-less answers to questions about Mediation and Conflict Resolution, originally filmed for MediateBC's Conflict Resolution Week. Unwillingness to mediate with one party is something I run into to [...]

This was one in a series of 2-minutes-or-less answers to questions about Mediation and Conflict Resolution, originally filmed for MediateBC's Conflict Resolution Week. Occasionally, and often when it's in the news, people ask mediators [...]

This was part of a series of 2-minutes-or-less answers to questions about Mediation and Conflict Resolution, originally filmed for MediateBC's Conflict Resolution Week. In my experience, I find that many of us mediators have a [...]