Blog | Louise Mathias

Wednesday 11 March 2026

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The part no one talks about.

What happens...

After court.
After mediation.
After a hard conference/meeting.
After you make a m...

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Two barristers and lawyers start practice at about the same time.

A few years later, one says what needs to be said/done a...

I was with two lawyer friends on the weekend who are on vacation: one from LA, one from San Francisco.

He said you get good at...

Clients don’t know all the legal details of whether a mediation is going well.

But they know when it feels like their barriste...

There’s a point in most mediations where the day changes.

You see it when offers slow, and people say:
“Let’s see what they co...

If you walk into mediation doing what you always do, you’re already behind.
Because when pressure hits, your habits take o...

I get asked this a lot:
“Aren’t your mediation strategies soft… or manipulative?”

Soft? No.
They’re habits you internalise, so t...

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