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Informationen zum Autor Dr Karl Mackie CBE is one of the first and most influential commercial mediators in the UK and Europe. In the course of his career he has mediated and facilitated over a thousand high value disputes and some of the most complex civil and commercial cases to go through the English legal system. He is also responsible for training many other leading mediators.Karl began his working life as a business psychologist, before working for many years in university continuing education as a negotiation and business strategy consultant. During this time, he qualified as a barrister specialising in dispute resolution and employment law. He became the first and only CEO of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in 1990, helping to create its international standing.Karl is probably the best known commercial mediator in the UK and is frequently interviewed on television and radio about disputes in the public domain. He has edited or authored several texts on mediation; most notably International Mediation - the Art of Business Diplomacy, a guide to the effective resolution of international business disputes, which he co-authored with Eileen Carroll. It has been described as ‘… a landmark guide to practitioners in international mediation and is likely to form a reference guide to mediation procedures.’ In 2010 Karl became the only mediator ever to be given an honour by the state, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to mediation, both developing and delivering it. Tony Allen has been an accredited CEDR mediator since 1996. He became a full-time Director of CEDR in 2000 and served there for 11 years. Tony has mediated a wide range of disputes involving personal injury and clinical negligence, public law, human rights and professional indemnity, as well as general commercial claims. He then worked as a self-employed mediator and mediation trainer through CEDR, specialising in mediating clinical negligence, personal injury and human rights claims. Tony continues to write and lecture on mediation topics and is the author of Mediating Clinical Claims , also published by Bloomsbury Professional. Bill Marsh is an international mediator, and adviser and trainer in mediation and conflict issues. Formerly a commercial solicitor, he is now one of Europe’s most experienced independent commercial mediators, practising out of the leading mediation chambers Independent Mediators. He has served as adviser on mediation/conflict resolution to the governments of the UK, Russia, Turkey, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, as well as the World Bank, United Nations and European Commission, all through the consulting firm Conflict Management International which he founded. He also trains mediators, facilitates complex public dialogue particularly on religious and ethnic conflicts, and is a peace envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury.He writes widely on mediation and is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators.This is the essential guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution of civil and commercial disputes in the UK, guiding the practitioner through the legal framework and practice of all aspects of ADR including the use of ADR in construction and personal injury disputes. Zusammenfassung A guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution of civil and commercial disputes in the UK, guiding the practitioner through the legal framework and practice of various aspects of ADR including the use of ADR in construction and personal injury disputes. It addresses many issues that a practitioner may encounter when advising a client on the ADR option....
