Recent ADR Journal stories tagged Mediation.
On July 13, 2026, the Supreme Court of India referred a major family dispute involving the Kalyani siblings to mediation. The case concerns ancestral wealth and promoter stakes in...
Starting in 2027, Belgian legislation will require all businesses to cooperate in consumer mediation procedures and pay a minimum €250 contribution for each accepted case, escalat...
On August 11, 2026, the Naples Court of Appeal ruled that failure by an attorney to provide written information on mediation options, as required by Italian law, renders the legal...
The International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), headquartered in Hong Kong and led by Teresa Cheng, has publicly declared its readiness to handle state-to-state disputes in...
The Supreme Court of India has clarified the procedures and standards under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act regarding pre-institution mediation, specifically addressing i...
Katsina State, in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has taken steps to strengthen mediation and other Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism...
On July 10, 2026, British Columbia's Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers to act as special mediators in the dispute between...
On August 8, 2026, the Jharkhand High Court ruled that a party cannot withdraw consent from a court-annexed mediation settlement simply due to a change of mind, once the agreement...
More than 550 families in Salisbury, Maryland, are seeking court sanctions against Perdue after the company withdrew from a scheduled court-ordered mediation in a lawsuit alleging...
On August 6, 2026, the Polish government approved a draft law to establish a National Mediators Register and set minimum training and certification requirements for court mediator...
On July 27, Brazil officially requested consultations with the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning new U.S. tariffs imposed on Brazilian goods under Section 301 of U.S. trad...
The British Columbia Nurses' Union (BCNU) and the Health Employers Association of BC have agreed to recommendations from mediators following several days of intensive talks, leadi...
Nearly two years after Chile implemented the Karin Law (Law No. 21.643) targeting workplace harassment, experts report significant case backlogs at the country's labor authority....
On July 7, 2026, nurses at the Amala Institute of Medical Sciences in Thrissur, Kerala, ended a 113-day strike after the District Labour Officer mediated talks between the hospita...
On 21 July 2026, Bangladesh's Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman reported that mandatory pre-litigation mediation significantly reduced new case filings in districts where it was piloted...
The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, has publicly declined a Supreme Court proposal to resolve the ongoing Gyanvapi dispute through Lok Ad...
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Kalyani family, including Bharat Forge Chairman Baba Kalyani and his sister Sugandha Hiremath, to undertake mediation in their long-sta...
The Perak Bar Mediation Centre (PBMC) was launched in Ipoh, Malaysia, offering a new avenue for the swift and cost-effective resolution of civil disputes. The centre enables pendi...
The Ghanaian parliament has passed the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority Bill, 2025, which alters the dispute resolution framework for foreign investors by removing the default...
A new cohort of community mediators in Uganda has completed a year-long training program led by Reconciliation Trust International, aiming to strengthen the use of alternative dis...
CEMICAVA, a mediation center in Spain, has reported that making pre-judicial mediation mandatory in civil and commercial disputes has doubled the settlement success rate to 60%, c...
British Columbia's Labour Minister has named veteran mediator Vince Ready to intervene in negotiations between CUPE Local 8911, representing more than 700 emergency communications...
The National Labor Relations Commission in South Korea has suspended mediation between GM Korea and its labor union concerning an ongoing wage and collective bargaining dispute. A...
The Senate of Santa Fe, Argentina, has unanimously approved a bill promoted by Senator Pablo Verdecchia that introduces mandatory mediation for disputes between private parties, i...