Northwest Mediation
Commercial & Family Mediation and Individual Dispute Resolution

For people of a certain age the 1984 rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap holds a much beloved place in their hearts (I couldn't find a shot...

When I talk about NWM, I mean Northwest Mediation, my mediation business which helps you and your business with disputes you’ve got with...

I was watching TV the other evening when an article began “unless you’ve been living under a rock the last five years you will have heard...

Being called upon to act as mediator between parents and children is always tricky, but particularly when it’s working out and explaining...

BBC Radio 4’s Keywords for Our Time this week focused on the use of the term “safe space”. Isabel Hardman explained where the term had...

It’s half term next week so you might be considering a rip to the fair ground, baking with the family or a boat trip, the not so subtle...

The ongoing war in South Sudan has led this week to the signing of a new peace agreement in Addis Ababa, with the tripping off the tongue...

A whistle stop around the world of mediation again this week. First to Aspen where the Board of Education are to pay for a mediator to...

I’m all for new ideas in terms of mediation settings, whether it be walking mediations, Lego bridge building or as in the case of...

You remember last blog I said that mediators get called all sorts of names, one of which is talking therapist – it says so on some...

Singer songwriter and Rich Girl Gwen Stefani is attending mediation with her former husband Gavin Rossdale in respect of care and contact...

I often blog about the role in mediation played by churches, whether it’s in commercial mediation or family mediation, but at the UN this...

Two stories from America to start with this week, Newark (New Jersey not the one in God’s own county of Lincolnshire). As with other...

The University of Strathclyde has launched a project for “Housing Mediation” led by Carolyn Hirst. The university already has a Mediation...

If you, like me, have just returned from a holiday away involving a trip with a low cost airline, you probably don’t need to be told that...

Mediation is broadly (though not widely) understood in the world of family law. At Northwest Mediation we’ve been carrying out civil...

You’ll recall I blogged about Suffolk council’s mediation scheme on a previous occasion there’s a great piece in the local government...

Having assaulted the costs and damages in road traffic claims attention by paying parties and the government is now turning to the cost...

It cannot have escaped your notice but there is some sort of football tournament going on, so it only seems fitting to start with a...

Even the famous and fabulous recognise the benefits of mediation. Everyone’s second favourite Pirate Captain, Geoffrey Rush, has attended...