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WEB213NZA40: Spend the afternoon with barrister, Paul Sills. This masterclass workshop will enable you to take a deep dive into mediation best practices and strategies. Work through practical real world examples and develop insights and tools to implement in your practice. Examine how to maximise the benefits of mediation and explore different high level strategies, styles and techniques. This masterclass is specifically tailored to refine your approach to disputes.
Attend and earn 3 CPD hours
Chair: Shirli Kirschner, CEO, Resolve Advisors
THE INITIAL STAGES: HOW TO APPROACH A MEDIATION
Mediation: The Roles of the Lawyer and Mediator
Effective mediation requires preparation and constructive guidance by the parties’ lawyers and the mediator. The role of those professionals is fundamental to enhancement of the mediation for the benefit of the parties. You will explore the practical performance of those roles.
Mediation Advocacy: You’re Not in Court, So Don’t Act Like You Are
THE CONCLUDING STAGES: ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
Ethical Issues in Mediation: Conflict, and Moral Morasses
The ethics of the informal and client-driven process of mediation are as real and important as the ethics of the formal and judge-driven process of the courtroom.
Settlement Agreements
Presented by Paul Sills, Barrister and Mediator
Paul Sills
Paul is a barrister with 26 years’ conflict resolution experience. Paul is a commercial arbitrator, mediator and barrister in New Zealand and internationally.
Appointments include: AMINZ Fellow, Fellow of CIArb , Fellow of Prime Disputes, Fellow of MIArb (Malaysia), Resolution Institute Arbitration Committee member (Australasia), Netball New Zealand Disciplinary Committee chairman, mediator for the Marine Industry Association, and mediator for the New Zealand Law Society. Paul is also Chairperson of the New Zealand Master Builders Association Code of Conduct committee and is on the Franchise Association of New Zealand mediation panel.