by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Nov 22, 2016 | Mediators & Others, Three minute blog
Immediate Immediate isn’t a word I’d normally associate with mediation. While they share the same Latin root – ‘mediatus’, meaning ‘intervening’ – and the idea of litigating instantly is acceptable: mediating instantly?...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Nov 15, 2016 | Three minute blog
The Best Interests of Children When I meet a mum or a dad for the first time before a parenting mediation, it’s likely each of them will at some point want to impress upon me that they know best what’s in “the best interests of children”. I...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Nov 8, 2016 | Mediators & Others, Three minute blog
What’s the difference between mediators and lawyers? People sometimes ask me, “What’s the difference between mediators and lawyers?”. Some of those asking may think they know what lawyers do. And who am I to say that they don’t? But being...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Nov 4, 2016 | Mediators & Others, Three minute blog
Some of My Best Friends Are Lawyers As Lenny Bruce (Google him if you don’t know) might have said, some of my best friends are lawyers. No, really. Stop laughing. I may be a mediator, but I practised as a solicitor for nearly 20 years and spent all that...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Oct 25, 2016 | Mediators & Others
Why I joined the College of Mediators I’m not like Groucho Marx. I’m willingly a member of many organisations. I’ll come to the College of Mediators in a moment. Meanwhile, I’d like to invite you to take a short journey with me. My first career...
