Welcome to Mediation Forum -Ireland

Dear Panel Member or Visitor,
  
Welcome to this website of Mediation Forum-Ireland.  For those of you who are keenly following the development of ADRs and mediation in our jurisdiction will be aware of the announcement on the 28th of October last about the introduction by the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, T.D., of new court rules to promote mediation and conciliation in proceedings in the Superior Courts. These rules were introduced following provisional recommendations from the Law Reform Commission (LRC) in its Consultation Paper on alternative dispute resulution (ADR).  The rules provide for a mechanism quite similar to the type used in the Commercial Court. The new provisions specify that the refusal or failure without good reason of a party to participate in mediation or conciliation may be taken into account by the court when awarding costs. Clearly, in the spirit of ADR, the aim of this measure is to minimise the cost of the proceedings and to ensure that the time and other resources of the court are employed to best effect. The rules also complement the provision in section 32 of the Arbitration Act 2010 introduced by the Minister earlier this year which facilitates recourse to arbitration in disputes already the subject of litigation.  See News for full details of Press Release.

We provide a service which may assist you in the resolution of disputes. Through the Mediation Forum - Ireland referral service, we can draw upon our network of over 100 independent Mediators to facilitate the resolution of  those civil disputes that are amenable to Mediation. MFI grew out of the wing of the Post Graduate Diploma in Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies (CDRS) at ISE-Trinity College Dublin University tcd.ie/ise from which it grew a resource of skilled ADR practitioners together wih those who have completed bespoke training workshops over the past ten years. We can offer guidance on the use of Mediation and other non adversarial methods of conflict avoidance, management and resolution.

Paulyn Marrinan Quinn SC, Founder/Coordinator Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies
Adjunct Lecturer – Mediation and ADR Studies ISE-Trinity College has worked in the area of ADRs since the 1990s when she served as the founding Insurance Ombudsman of Ireland. To develop standards of best practice and a centre of excellence in this field of work, she founded the Post Graduate Programme in Trinity which she directs. From this grew Mediation Forum - Ireland a substantial panel of skilled Mediators - a Body prescribed by Ministerial Regulations under the Courts Act 2004 to nominate Mediators.

Paulyn has lectured in this area extensively at home and abroad. She was invited by the Dept. of Constitutional Affairs in the UK to address members of the Judiciary on Commercial Mediation in 2003 when they were introducing the County Court annexed Mediation service and, in 2006, to speak  when they were launching the Mediation Help Line in Birmingham on the nomination of the Civil Mediation Council Founder-Coordinator.

As a member of the Bar Council's ADR and Arbitration Committee, she organised and directed a series of Accredited Mediation training programmes for members of the Irish Bar in 2004 and 2005and has been lead trainer on accredited training courses both at home and abroad cpdseminars.ie. Among the professional groups she has trained are the Western Circuit of the Bar of England and Wales and the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland. She has also advised in relation to the creation of bespoke ADR, Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Mediation Schemes.

Paulyn was a founding member and a past Vice Chair of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association (ICMA) icma.ie

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Our Service

Mediation Forum - Ireland provides a simple but effective case management and referral system which provides speedy access to appropriately qualified practitioners. Through the MFI referral service, the disputing parties can draw upon our network of over 100 independent ADR practitioners and Mediators from within Ireland and from other countries. View Our Service for further details ..  Our Service 

Training and Developement

For the last decade we have been involved in devising bespoke Mediation and Arbitration Schemes and have been engaged to monitor their implementation - providing the necessary guidance, training, and practice standards. 

Upcoming Training and Development

Accredited Mediator Training - Dublin – 2011.

We are pleased to announce that CPD Seminars  www.cpdseminars.ie will be hosting two-day Foundation and Advanced courses in Mediation in 2011 at which we have been invited to give lead training.

CPD Seminars was established in 2003 to provide a range of high-level professional training, attracting participants who wish to enhance their skills in Mediation. Such participants range from business to professional people and many have gone on to integrate ADR into their practice or business.

Dates:
Next Foundation Course/ Introduction to Mediation: To be Advised.

Please visit cpdseminars.ie for more information or call 01 6790975 
                                
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Forum

We welcome comments and contributions from our forum members, or interested observers who have an interest in ensuring the wider use and development of conflict and dispute resolution methods. Contact: admin@mediationforumireland.com 

Resources

The need for effective conflict management and dispute resolution policies and skills is as urgent in the workplace, business to business, business to customer as it is in the boardrooms of large corporations, institutions and other organisations where ongoing good relationships will benefit from resolving disputes in a non-adversorial way. Contact: admin@mediationforumireland.com