Expert Views On ADR (EVA) Vid /Podcast Show

In this introductory episode, Dr Chinwe Umegbolu and Alec Chapa launch the series by exploring the growing significance of housing disputes in the United States (US) and across the globe. We discuss why housing-related conflicts, ranging from landlord and tenant disputes and evictions to issues of affordability, discrimination, homelessness, and property rights, have become increasingly important...

The Place of Mediation within the Modern Civil Justice System: Critical Perspectives with Dr Masood Ahmed and Dr David Sixsmith. In this episode, we spoke with the editors, Associate Professor of Law at Leicester University, Dr Masood Ahmed, and Assistant Professor of Law at Northumbria University, Dr David Sixsmith, of ‘The Place of Mediation within the Modern Civil Justice System: Critical Persp...

We interviewed the authors of 'The Arbitration of Commercial Disputes: International and English Law and Practice', 2nd Edition, Dr Masood Ahmed and Mr Andrew Tweeddale, about their path to co-authorship and the challenges encountered. The authors explained that progress was initially delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and later by the Law Commission of England and Wales review of the Arbitr...

In this episode, we critically examined why apologies are often trivialised as mere interpersonal gestures, despite their significant legal and organisational implications. Within adversarial systems, apologies are frequently conflated with admissions of fault, creating a tension between expressing remorse and avoiding legal exposure. Jon drew an important distinction between moral accountability...

The passing of Robert A. Baruch Bush feels deeply personal both as a scholar and as someone formed, in part, by his ideas. For many of us in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the award-winning book, The Promise of Mediation: The Transformative Approach to Conflict, presented a fundamentally different vision from the dominant, settlement-driven paradigms of mediation. At a time when legal educa...

In this episode, I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking podcast session with Professor Ken Cloke on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. Prof Ken is a world-recognised mediator (he currently lectures in Pittsburgh), dialogue facilitator, conflict resolution systems designer, teacher, public speaker, author of numerous books and articles, and a pioneer and leader i...

In this series, we contribute to the civic discourse on how Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and AI are transforming the lives of citizens caught in the web of justice backlogs in the US. Our guest is the Regional Vice President of the AAA’s Commercial Division for California, and also the National Chair of AAA’s Entertainment Practice, the Western U.S. Chair for AAA’s Technology Practice, and...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking podcast session with Stephen Tolfree on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. Stephen is a forgiveness coach and boss whisperer, helping to rehabilitate people after workplace conflict. He helps people who lost their confidence to return to full strength and peak performance, using forgiveness. He also helps people with an abr...

In this episode, we contribute to the civic discourse on how Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and the Multi-Door Courthouse (MDC) system are transforming the lives of citizens caught in the web of justice backlogs in Nigeria. Our guest, Achere Cole FCIArb (UK), the Director of the Lagos Multi-Door Court House (LMDC) joins us to discuss her Route to the Role, the challenges she faces, as well a...

We aim to contribute to the civic discourse on how ADR and digitisation can transform the lives of citizens caught in the web of justice backlogs. In this series, we explore whether ADR is gaining traction as a core feature of mainstream litigation. We also unpacked the pre-action protocols and discussed how parties can go about selecting mediators. Finally, we analysed how jurisdictions such as t...

In this series, Tony and I delved into the major shifts in justice delivery in England and Wales, specifically the digitisation of the courts, while examining the inclusion framework and its implications. A key theme was the impact of the reform on those who are digitally challenged. This raised a prevalent question: ‘If Smart Banking can take off, why not Smart Resolution?’We also highlighted why...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Jon Fleming on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. He is a workplace policy specialist and union relations and grievance management expert. He wears many hats, so I have left the link to his profile: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jon-fleming. In this series, Jon shared valuable insights on how organisations /...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking podcast session with Alec Chapa on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. He is the Co-Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Ombuds Committee and a Conciliation Specialist with the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service. He founded Mosaic Collaborative Consulting. A published scholar, proven business consultant, a...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking podcast session with Dr Ben Hayward on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid /Podcast Show. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash Business School, Monash University, and an Australian lawyer admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Dr Hayward has published on private and public l...

I had the honour and privilege of interviewing Dr Dawn De Coteau, FCiArb, on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid /Podcast Show. She is a legal practitioner who practices law in England and Wales and several Caribbean jurisdictions, including Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Christopher, and Nevis. Diverse experience representing clients involved in high-profile matters across a wide breadth...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Tony Guise on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. In different capacities, Tony Guise has been at the heart of every major #civil #justice #reform of the past Thirty (30) years. Notable successes include the formation of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) in 1997, the campaign for new court accommodation in 20...

I had the honour and privilege of interviewing Super Lawyer Ashley A. Andrews, on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid /Podcast Show. She is a top-rated attorney practicing in the Arcadia, California, area. Providing legal representation in California, for a variety of different issues, Ms. Andrews was selected to Super Lawyers for 2021 – 2025. With nearly twenty (20) years of experience in family law, s...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Jonathan Wood, FCIArb, on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. He was the president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb)-at the time we recorded the interview. He has in-depth knowledge and understanding of Ciarb, having served five (5) years as Chair of the Board of Trustees and eight (8) years...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Tony Guise on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. In different capacities, Tony Guise has been at the heart of every major #civil #justice #reform of the past Thirty (30) years. Notable successes include the formation of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) in 1997, the campaign for new court accommodation in 20...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Blaine Donais, B.A., LL.B., LL.M. (ADR), RPDR, C.MED, WFA on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. He is the president and founder of the Workplace Fairness Institute and author of 'Workplaces That Work and Engaging Unionised Employees' (published by Canada Law Book), as well as the WFI WHITE PAPER on 'Workpl...

I had the honour and privilege of interviewing Prof David Hodson, OBE, KC (Hons) on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid /Podcast Show. He is the Co-Chair of the International Family Mediation Project (IFMP) and a dual-qualified English and Australian Solicitor, Mediator, Arbitrator, and part-time family court judge. He is an author and has received the OBE for services to International family law. He is...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Justice Dr Anthony Gafoor on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid / Podcast Show. He is the Chief Judge of the Tax Appeal Court of Trinidad and Tobago, which he has chaired for the past twenty years. This Superior Court of Record employs both judicial dispute resolution and mediation techniques to resolve disputes. Justic...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Mr Forrest “Woody” Mosten on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid / Podcast Show. He is an award-winning mediator and Peacemaker who has been in private practice since 1979. Mr Forrest is also a Collaborative Family Lawyer and the creator of unbundled legal services; he is an adjunct professor of law at the UCLA School of...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Blaine Donais, B.A., LL.B., LL.M. (ADR), RPDR, C.MED, WFA on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid/Podcast Show. He is the president and founder of the Workplace Fairness Institute and author of 'Workplaces That Work and Engaging Unionised Employees' (published by Canada Law Book), as well as the WFI WHITE PAPER on 'Workpl...

I was privileged to engage in a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Hon. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya on Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid /Podcast Show. He is a Judge of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. Before he was appointed a Judge of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in July 2017, he has been a legal practitioner and consultant in corporate and investment law, ta...