The Labour Dispute & Mediation Centre
Alternative dispute resolution specialists
The Dispute Resolution Firm & Mediation Centre
The Dispute Resolution Firm & Mediation Centre offers a variety of alternative dispute resolution services to suit your unique and specific circumstances. Below are the alternative dispute resolution services offered:- 21. Do We Understand Traditional Mediation?
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- The mechanics of the process are simple and unchanged since its inception. Many would have you believe it has evolved from what it was to what it is today. In the latest culture of mediation, styles and ...
- Created on 10 January 2022
- 22. Changing Landscapes of Mediation
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- ... purpose in mind, the Judicial System has turned to Mediation for delivering answers. While fulfilling the same, Mediation has gone over a diverse phase, which can be compared to the changes in the landscape ...
- Created on 10 January 2022
- 23. Domestic Violence and Family Mediation
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- Domestic violence is a prevalent problem in Canada. Unfortunately, family violence is a genuine reality for many families. Mediation is a great alternative to litigation, saving families, time, stress ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 24. The Limits of Mediation
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- ... the dark places where everything we know crumbles and disintegrates, or the bright places at the center where what we didn't know coalesces and becomes something new. Mediation encompasses both. Conflicts ...
- Created on 23 September 2021
- 25. Why Have a Disclosure Protocol for Mediation?
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- My colleague, Ana Maria Maia Goncalves, and I have been working for the past year and a half on the development of a Universal Disclosure Protocol for Mediation (UDPM). I’ll describe the process we’ve ...
- Created on 23 September 2021
- 26. Multi-Jurisdictional Issues in Online Mediation
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- With an increase in remote mediation, many mediators are managing caseloads that have a multi-jurisdictional element (at times, unintentionally). In the past, a mediator and the parties could physically ...
- Created on 20 August 2021
- 27. Beyond Mediation: Conflict Coaching
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- ... their confidence and comfort to engage more effectively in their interpersonal disputes. This process may also be used for pre-mediation to prepare parties to participate more effectively in the mediation ...
- Created on 20 August 2021
- 28. A Conversation About Whiteness and Mediation
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- FOI Alyson Carrel (Northwestern) and LCSW Jasmine Atwell (Loyola ‘JD22) recently discussed Sharon Press and Ellen Deason’s new article, “Mediation: Embedded Assumptions of Whiteness?,” published in the Cardozo ...
- Created on 06 August 2021
- 29. Power of Mediation in Virtual Classrooms
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- ... conflict. Conflicts may happen in any classroom, and virtual classrooms are no exception. Therefore, teachers should embrace their mediation role, being able to choose the right solution in each particular ...
- Created on 22 July 2021
- 30. Say That Again – Six Ways to Harness the Power of Your Words in Mediation
- (News & Information)
- ... we speak in mediation. 1. Use Your Words to Encourage One of the best ways you can use your words during mediation is to encourage the parties. Let them know that they are doing the best thing ...
- Created on 22 July 2021
- 31. Lawyers Can Win in Mediation
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- I am one of the founding coordinators of the Bangalore Mediation Centre, the Court annexed program of the High Court of Karnataka. A few months after we started the mediation program, a young advocate ...
- Created on 26 November 2020
- 32. Building Leadership in Companies Through Transformational Mediation
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- ... the organization. They invite a neutral third party into the conversation to facilitate their engagement in interactive problem-solving. This process is called mediation. What is Mediation? Mediation ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 33. Virtual Mediation; An Enhanced Process or an Ephemeral Solution?
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- I recently conducted a Webinar interview with Sriram Panchu, one of India's leading mediators, on his experience using "virtual" mediation during the Covid-19 shutdown in his country. Mr. Panchu was quick ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 34. Creating Accessible Mediation
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- Individuals with disabilities should have access to tools to settle all types of conflicts including discrimination issues. Mediation is a tool that is useful and practical for all members of society including ...
- Created on 15 October 2020
- 35. Mediation as a Business Accelerator
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- The normalization agreements realized between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, through diplomatic mediation, can serve as a model for business leaders for the use of mediation not only in high conflict circumstances ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 36. Mediation, Neutrality, Political Conflicts, and the 2020 Elections
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- ... exists, and can no longer exist. What has any of this to do with the practice of mediation, peace building, and conflict resolution? Ultimately, everything. As mediators, it is often difficult ...
- Created on 03 September 2020
- 37. Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s Golden Age: The Introduction
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- Every Friday for the next seven weeks, Mediate.com is publishing a series of peer reviewed articles under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s Golden Age. The objective of the Seven Keys ...
- Created on 04 June 2020
- 38. Fixed Fee Mediation For A Full Day
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- Mediation Fixed Fee Service Ideally suited to small claims the Fixed Fee Mediation provides the services of Mediator for a fixed fee, for a full day that covers pre-mediation preparation and mediation ...
- Created on 27 May 2020
- 39. Making Sense of COVID Through the Lens of Mediation
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- ... current situation from a mediators perspective. I find myself trying to understand this situation through the lens of mediation and wanted to share a few of my dominant thoughts: 1. The Win/Win Game ...
- Created on 18 May 2020
- 40. What Is Your Mediation Background?
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- The "digitization of mediation," now on steroids with the Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in dramatic changes and new opportunities for mediators and the mediation field. A part of this includes coming ...
- Created on 07 May 2020
ADRWhat is alternative dispute resolution?
Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") refers to any means of settling disputes outside of the courtroom. ADR typically includes early neutral evaluation, negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration.DisputeWhat is Mediation?
Mediation is generally defined as the process by which someone tries to end a disagreement by helping the two sides to talk about and agree on a solution.
A mediator is a neutral third party, generally a person who is not directly involved in the dispute or the substantive issues in question. This is a critical factor in conflict...
The disputants must be willing to allow a third party to enter the dispute and assist them in developing proposals and reaching a solution. Acceptability does not necessarily...
Intervention implies entering into an ongoing system of relationships, to come between or among persons, groups, or objects to help them. It is important to realise that the...
For mediation to occur, the participants must begin talking or negotiating. In workplace conflict, labour and management must be willing to hold bargaining sessions, in business, business...
Voluntary - You can leave at any time for any reason, or no reason. Collaborative - As no participant in mediation can impose anything on anyone, everyone is motivated to work...
A mediator has no authoritative decision-making power; he or she cannot unilaterally mandate or force parties to resolve their differences and enforce the decision. This...
Our definition states that a mediator assists disputing parties. Assistance can refer to very general or highly specific activities. Here follows some of the more general roles...
The last component of the definition describes mediation as a voluntary process to reach a mutually acceptable settlement of issues in dispute. Voluntary generally refers to both...
Accreditations & Memberships
Our accreditation process ensures that our certification practices are acceptable
Gerrie is in private practice as a family mediator previously having served as the Chairman on the Executive Committee of Family Mediators’ Association of the Cape (FAMAC)
Gerrie van der Watt
M.Phil. Labour Law (UCT), Dispute Settlement and Mediation (USB)
He is a Commercial Mediator accredited with the Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement (CD/ACDS) with UK international accreditation (CEDR).
Gerrie van der Watt
M.Phil. Labour Law (UCT), Dispute Settlement and Mediation (USB)
In addition, he also serves as a panellist on the Arbitration Forum of Southern Africa (AFSA) and he is a member of the Arbitration Forum of South Africa
Gerrie van der Watt
M.Phil. Labour Law (UCT), Dispute Settlement and Mediation (USB)
BlogNews, Info & Videos
Browse the latest articles and info from our blog. Includes News, Information and Videos.
Caucus is often treated as the backbone of modern mediation. It is the go-to move when things stall, emotions rise, or parties dig in. Most...
“While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the...
Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. It is about observing your thoughts and feelings without judging them.This state of...
Mediation as a divorce option has grown substantially over the years and is now considered mainstream. In the past few years, there has been growth...