Fiona Colquhoun: Commercial Mediation Case

About this episode

Fiona Colquhoun discusses a commercial mediation case involving a £12 million contract termination and the dynamics between the parties and their lawyers.

CEDR Mediator Fiona Colquhoun discusses a commercial mediation case with an independent company that was contracted to provide a number of services at a value of £12 million. Video Contents: 00:00 - Intro 00:16 - The company buying the services decides to terminate the contract 00:34 - There was a very poor relationship between the respective lawyers 01:12 - How did the mediator make an initial breakthrough? 01:34 - The parties worked better without their lawyers 02:21 - Dealing with the parties in the dispute directly 02:48 - Those with the authority get involved in the discussion #cedr #disputeresolution # lawyers

People in this episode

Guest: Fiona Colquhoun

Topics covered

• commercial mediation
• dispute resolution
• lawyers
• contract termination

Keywords

• CEDR
• dispute resolution
• lawyers

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