Nivaaran -Mediators Of Supreme Court Of India: 20th Lecture On "View From Halfway Up The Mediation Mountain" [7th April]

Andrew discussion will include the following:

An overview of the Mediation World both during the covid pandemic and post-pandemic. The education of mediation for lawyers and users of mediation.

The big secret of mediation – no longer being a secret. The increased use of mediation for international disputes.

The drive towards mandatory mediation for commercial disputes by governments. The change in the practice of mediation by mediators.

Good practice and some tips for mediation advocates and mediators

About the Speaker:

Andrew Miller KC is a barrister with over 30 years of experience of dealing with and resolving commercial disputes both domestically and internationally. He now practices as a Mediator and Arbitrator both in the UK and internationally in a wide range of commercial sectors, including in the areas of commercial, company construction, energy, insolvency, land and property, property damage, insurance and reinsurance and professional negligence.

Andrew was awarded the prestigious NMA Civil & Commercial Mediator of the Year for 2020 and 2021.

Andrew has been involved in the mediation of disputes since 1995. He has experience of over 200 mediations across a wide range of disputes. Andrew has acted as lead mediator in commercial disputes valued from £10,000 to over £200 million. Andrew is a strong proponent of Early Stage Mediation.

Andrew has mediated disputes with parties in the UK, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Lithuania, Maldives, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.

Andrew regularly speaks about mediation in the UK and internationally. Over the last two years he has been involved with a series of workshops and seminars in India and the judging of several of the prestigious Mediation and Negotiation competitions held in India. In January 2020 he was invited to speak at the Supreme Court of India on Mediation and its relationship with Litigation and the relationship between mediators and litigators.

Andrew Miller FCIArb also sits as an arbitrator and has been a trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2019.