Originally from Dispute Resolution Journal

Considering Changes Proposed from the Other Side of the Atlantic

A blog about mediation across the pond prompted this commentary about mediation and dispute resolution in this country.

Last fall, Matthew Rushton, British editor of The Mediator Magazine posted a thought-provoking article on his blog titled “Six Things I’d Change About Mediation.”1 Although I do not ordinarily read this blog, the editor of the Dispute Resolution Journal asked me whether Rushton’s observations and suggestions had any relevance for the U.S. market. His comments do have relevance, even though mediation markets are not the same in the U.S. and the U.K.