<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jon Lang Mediation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resolving Disputes, Building Trust, Empowering Solutions]]></description><link>https://jl20338.wixsite.com/jon-lang-mediation-2/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:37:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jonlang.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Compulsory mediation – lessons from Kumar v L.B. of Hillingdon: a personal perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[The judgment of Mrs Justice Collins Rice in Kumar v L.B. of Hillingdon [2020] EWHC 3326 is, to my mind, essential reading, particularly given the present debate around compulsory mediation.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/compulsory-mediation-lessons-from-kumar-v-l-b-of-hillingdon-a-personal-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6968aea6482610fa288c6a6c</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_69cc171648be4a0cb8586cbcb70976bf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediation advocacy and the common firefly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Given the benefits a good plenary session can bring, it would be a great pity if they became synonymous with heat rather than light. Enthusiasm for plenary sessions would wane and they would become a less accepted part of the mediation process and that, I have no doubt, would be a regressive development in the field of ADR.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/mediation-advocacy-and-the-common-firefly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696675b5f5f6771556777237</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:46:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_3f132f75ae9a4722885bbafddd958afc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_861,h_481,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good faith in mediation – pillar or platitude?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good faith is a term one often hears at a mediation. In the morning, as an indication of a party’s good intentions; in the afternoon, as something that is lacking. Whatever the context, good faith easily falls within the top ten commonly used phrases in mediation, regardless of whether or not a good faith obligation is included in the mediation agreement the parties sign.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/good-faith-in-mediation-pillar-or-platitude</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6966770dcca849701e950387</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2019 15:49:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_b3f8fb19df4b4b49b683eb37895d453d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[64 terabytes of pure empathy]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we all know, the science described as Artificial Intelligence (AI) concerns the endowing of computers with the capabilities of human intelligence. When I hear the term AI, I think robots. I also think about blockbuster movies that have robots taking over the world causing mass destruction. Scary stuff.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/64-terabytes-of-pure-empathy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967d19f0ef3e0e1c07eb6a6</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_6da8833af36a4b0283ee7efdaed6a509~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_578,h_324,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 August 2019 – a turning point for international mediation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Singapore Convention on Mediation, as the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation will be known, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2018, and will be open for signature at a signing ceremony in Singapore to be held on 7 August 2019.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/7-august-2019-a-turning-point-for-international-mediation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69679758f1ba376a5bc290a1</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5f5f63426c527a4c535467~mv2_d_4042_3118_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You probably had to be there…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mediation is a serious business! Indeed, no-one takes it more seriously than me. Yet, every serious endeavour has its moments of comedy, moments that bring a reflective smile to my face whilst travelling home. ]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/you-probably-had-to-be-there</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69679a58801fea0f88087c44</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_b6944cc468bb43e5930f6dee0ca5c323~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_810,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Unambiguous impropriety’ in mediation]]></title><description><![CDATA[At mediator school many years ago, I was taught that ‘measured diplomacy’ was the most appropriate style of dialogue between parties, positional bargaining was counter-productive (and could easily be trumped by a more principled approach) and as for the making of threats of any kind, well that was just plain silly.  And then I started mediating! ]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/unambiguous-impropriety-in-mediation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69667828cca849701e95061d</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 16:55:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_0311c1590e06426283fd6e67a0842166~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_372,h_356,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Release provisions and their interpretation: known unknowns and unknown unknowns – limits on the ‘cautionary principle’?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At some point during a mediation, parties will turn their attention to the scope of the release one or more of the parties will enjoy in return for reciprocal obligations (usually an agreed payment) they have assumed as part of the overall deal.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/release-provisions-and-their-interpretation-known-unknowns-and-unknown-unknowns-limits-on-the-ca</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69667943fc14cd6a86cfa26b</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:58:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_2ef6fda07a0343beb1d51284a5aea755~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_372,h_356,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanctions – not just for the winners]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the second day of a costs assessment hearing following a clinical negligence action against Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, the costs to be allowed to the claimant were agreed. However, an argument over the costs of the assessment ended up before Master O’Hare.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/sanctions-not-just-for-the-winners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967958b6ae8988b73fa4ea6</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_0b961c71d631459eae917ebee82c02b4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_372,h_356,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t ’empty chair’ the Plenary]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a few decades of largely unchanged mediation practice, some practitioners have begun to wonder whether there is anything beyond the tried and tested (and very successful) mediation model most of us have been working with for years.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/don-t-empty-chair-the-plenary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967d600dbd74c3ebf9aab32</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_bebee399c6614170bdede97d90ecac63~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_372,h_356,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidentiality – a bit of a bloomer!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Update highlights a few confidentiality issues to have arisen recently as well as an interesting decision in which sanctions were not imposed on a party despite its unreasonable refusal to mediate.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/confidentiality-a-bit-of-a-bloomer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967d521bbaf501a67d8b8a0</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2015 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_ebecc4c1189c4e0d92c32a34df776d4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_372,h_356,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The contractual framework underpinning a mediation]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Update mentions a few cases which raise some interesting practical points for those practising in the field of ADR.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/the-contractual-framework-underpinning-a-mediation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967d45dbbaf501a67d8b670</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_2417850461c24406b56fc696c4f661ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_372,h_356,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financial Times Business Questions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disputes are a headache for any business. They not only divert time and money, but the outcome is never certain. It is not surprising, therefore, that the purchaser wants a discount, no doubt reflecting worst-case scenarios. If unacceptable, propose something else.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/financial-times-business-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69667b66fc14cd6a86cfa85a</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:07:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_b9aaf9b32d8b46f89a75d2ee663e2c5e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growth in the use of Mediation in the Public Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[There can be few more challenging areas in which to mediate than the public sector.  Often, there is not just a contractual issue to resolve, but a statutory backdrop and political dimension to contend with too!  ]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/growth-in-the-use-of-mediation-in-the-public-sector</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967d2b2dbd74c3ebf9aa270</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_34215f4764e14297b9486a80e794d955~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_302,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics in Mediation | Repeat Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s Monday morning. A big day for two businesses. They have been slogging it out in the courts but have agreed to mediate. Both parties have arrived early. They have acknowledged one another and embarked on some small talk but are now in their ‘corners’ of the reception area of one side’s law firm (the home team). ]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/ethics-in-mediation-repeat-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69679b17801fea0f88087e77</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:47:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_8309d6dc59a34a93b65341b9ef873856~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics in mediation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ethics in mediation was the subject of a lively debate at the CIArb’s Mediation Symposium which took place on 25 October 2012.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/ethics-in-mediation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967d08cbbaf501a67d8ad3d</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_2768fb8e2a1949198b92e01b3433b3fe~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_222,h_212,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting the cart before the horse – not so daft after all!]]></title><description><![CDATA[At an opening session of a mediation a few weeks ago, one side presented the other with two pieces of paper – settlement option one and settlement option two. What is this heresy, I thought! No argy bargy? No explanation of why complete victory was a dead cert? Just the deal. In fact a pair of deals.]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/putting-the-cart-before-the-horse-not-so-daft-after-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69679908bbaf501a67d81a9c</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:27:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_0133145c65ae46c5a3cec2ea46c9b403~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_360,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil on Troubled Waters…..]]></title><description><![CDATA[....is the title of the Update section of the March/April 2013 edition of the Procurement and Outsourcing Journal which describes (anonymously) a dispute I had the privilege of mediating.  ]]></description><link>https://www.jonlang.com/post/oil-on-troubled-waters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967d3850ef3e0e1c07ebb69</guid><category><![CDATA[ADR Practitioner Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Practice Tips]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/483fbf_60c3a5ad5ebc4fc9961d4373773b9f68~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_604,h_598,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lang</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>