ASM PLUS Blog
Civil Mediation from ASM PLUS – a contractual matter that was swiftly resolved by an ASM PLUS civil mediator
Harvey is the chief executive and managing director of Haystack Ltd, a modest sized but very successful niche manufacturing company. Over 20 years he built the business up to the point that it was valued as being worth in excess of £100 million. Harvey is a rather...
“Those who make situations seem more complex than they actually are probably do not understand them well enough”
This proposition was conceived by Vivek Garg MBA, the Texas-based Business Lead and Analyst. I trust that he will not mind me looking at his very wise words from a mediation perspective. Of late I have written a good deal about complexity but why do people make things...
Sports mediation from ASM PLUS – A case involving a dispute between a footballer and his club
Hocus, aged 30, is a defensive midfielder. He has a contract with AFC Ilchester who are currently top of Division One of the Football Championship. He has played for the club for five years. In that time, he has scored 25 goals, eight of them in the last year and has...
Mediation, facilitated meeting and critical thinking services from ASM PLUS – Services that are designed to avoid complexity
I recently wrote a blog which dealt with the difficulties caused by over complication and how best to address them. With this in mind I recall that in the last year or so I have read a number of newspaper articles in which either dire warnings are issued about very...
Civil and family mediation from ASM PLUS – Do people tell the truth and is there any difference between honesty and truth?
One thing that perplexes lawyers, judicial officials and ADR practitioners alike is the consideration of whether those giving evidence or making representations are credible and if so to what extent. The term “credible” tends to go hand-in-hand with the concept of...
ADR from ASM PLUS – Civil Mediation, Arbitration and Adjudication – Did King Henry VII of England Provide Late Medieval Blueprints for Them?
School students and undergraduates who study the English Tudor dynasty tend to focus on the long, eventful reigns of Henry VII's son, Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth I. Henry VII (hereinafter referred to as "Henry") who had a relatively short reign, is noted...
“We don’t need no education”
I have recently been thinking about education and what this means. Part of the reason for this, I suppose, is that I have recently finished my latest qualification, a masters degree in something called ‘work-based learning’. I suspect that there will be at least some...
Anger, a modern taboo or an important means of self-expression? How can Mediation help and can it be a form of “anger management”?
In modern Western society at least, words such as “anger” or “angry” conjure up negative visions of loss of self-control, threats of violence or possibly a term such as “anger management”. In the public sphere or the workplace, the notion of “letting off steam” may be...
Family Mediation and ADR services from ASM PLUS – Family and other disputes are not so much between right and wrong as right and right
Does anyone remember the film, Annie Hall? Aside from being a well-made and very enjoyable film, in focusing on the other aimlessly disintegrating relationship between Woody Allen's Alvie and Diane Keaton's Annie, it amply demonstrates that conflicts and disagreements...
Mediation – Decision making and “after the event” mediation – Included amongst a whole range of mediator skills there is one that is often overlooked, namely “unpicking”
One of my favourite novels is the 1920s classic, “England Their England” by AG MacDonnell. The chief character is an innocent abroad, Donald, a young Scotsman who under the terms of his father’s will is exiled from his homeland and moves to London. He decides to...