Two barristers. Two senior lawyers.

Similar experience.
Similar legal expertise.
Similar quality of work.

Only one is the perso...

"They're just not performing."

Every senior lawyer will say this about someone on their team at some point.

And when they do, t...

I was the mediator in a mediation that collapsed after 1.5 hours.

And before you assume, no, it wasn't because I'm a bad media...

The question that changed how I work.

A client once looked at me across the mediation table and said:
"Why am I only hearing th...

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I was engaged by a law firm as a consultant to help resolve "issues" between the partners.

The partners weren't aligned.
→ Deci...

One thing that frustrates me about the way many barristers and lawyers prepare for mediation...

They prepare extensively for t...

I’ve been away for four weeks on vacation.

Cruise: Brisbane to Seattle.
Swam with reef sharks and sting rays in Morea.
Seattle: ...

It is 8:14 pm.

You’ve been working since 8:00 am or before.

And the thing that needed your best thinking today is still sitting...