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:- 41. Online Mediation
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- To meet rapidly expanding requests for online mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism for commercial, workplace and family disputes, the Mediation & Dispute Settlement Centre offers Online Mediation ...
- Created on 28 April 2020
- 42. Rule 41A: Formalising the Role of Mediation in High Court
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- ... 9 March 2020. The rule is expected to change South Africa's litigation system, putting mediation in the spotlight as the mainstream mechanism for resolving disputes. FHBC identified some highlights ...
- Created on 24 April 2020
- 43. A Conversation on the Challenges of Mediation Practice
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- Kimberlee Kovach, a past Chair of the Dispute Resolution Section, has worked in mediation as a teacher, trainer, scholar, and practitioner for more than 35 years. To learn more about the challenges ...
- Created on 19 March 2020
- 44. Measuring Success in Mediation: An Outline
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- “Mediation is an empirical process, a science and art not fully understood by even the most masterful of its practitioners.” (Creo, 2012) Summary The purpose of this article is to review relevant ...
- Created on 20 February 2020
- 45. 7 Benefits of Mediation Programs in Higher Education Institutions
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- Mediation programs offer several advantages to any organization. They help staff members constructively solve problems, and they allow all parties in a conflict to air their grievances safely and work ...
- Created on 21 October 2019
- 46. Why Mediation, Why Me?
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- ... I choose mediation to deal with conflict and other issues? That resonates with me and leaves me thinking how to best encapsulate the process and share it in a way that is easy to understand. This ...
- Created on 03 October 2019
- 47. Revolutionizing Mediation through Technology
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- ... complexity. In the interest of settling these disputes quickly, given that the courts have become more congested, mediation and arbitration have grown in both prevalence and popularity. Today, approximately ...
- Created on 05 August 2019
- 48. Time-bound Mediation: Good or Bad
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- ... attempt with more time as well as those I would not manage even if I had unlimited time. Is time-bound mediation a bit like examinations for mediators? Mediation is a voluntary process where parties ...
- Created on 26 July 2019
- 49. What Does Good Mediation Look Like?
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- Getting to grips with mediation can leave students and trainees overwhelmed. That favourite training tool, the roleplay, throws most in at the deep end. The sudden immersion forces them to speak, listen ...
- Created on 04 April 2019
- 50. Evaluative Mediation - Elephants in the Room?
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- This article will give a brief overview of the following topics; What is evaluative mediation?, Who cares about a name?, The quest for “successful” dispute resolution processes, Why the apparent interest ...
- Created on 28 February 2019
- 51. Should Guilt and Shame Have a Place in Mediation?
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- Have you ever heard the theory that shame and guilt are good things because they support community cohesiveness and personal accountability (eg - that shame and guilt exist, evolutionarily speaking, to ...
- Created on 07 February 2019
- 52. This Mediation Failed. Or, Did It?
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- ... a proposal and counterproposal developed during joint sessions and private caucuses, the parties declared they were exhausted, and had exhausted all possible solutions. The mediation ended without resolution. ...
- Created on 29 November 2018
- 53. Mediation Myths: Barriers to the Use of Mediation
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- Surveys of mediation participants and their counsel routinely report satisfaction with the process, reflecting appreciation of the ability of parties, with the assistance of capable mediators, to maintain ...
- Created on 15 November 2018
- 54. Commercial mediation
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- Commercial mediation
- Created on 04 September 2018
- 55. Post-divorce mediation
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- Post-divorce mediation
- Created on 04 September 2018
- 56. Pre-divorce mediation
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- Pre-divorce mediation
- Created on 04 September 2018
- 57. Family Mediation
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- Family Mediation
- Created on 04 September 2018
- 58. Workplace Mediation
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- Workplace Mediation
- Created on 04 September 2018
- 59. Commercial mediation
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- The UK’s Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution defines mediation as “…a flexible process conducted confidentially in which a neutral person actively assists parties in working towards a negotiated agreement ...
- Created on 07 September 2018
- 60. Commercial mediation
- (Article tagged with: Post-divorce mediation)
- The UK’s Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution defines mediation as “…a flexible process conducted confidentially in which a neutral person actively assists parties in working towards a negotiated agreement ...
- Created on 07 September 2018
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...