Mediation in the Commercial Court – a View from Practice and the Bench GEMME Ireland and the specialist Bar ADR Committee organized an event entitled “Mediation in the Commercial Court – a View from Practice and the Bench” which took place on Thursday, 28 November 2024. It was a hybrid event with attendees having the…
GEMME Belgium Reports: The Ghent Labour Court organised a Moot Court CRA How to prepare for the implementation of the new amicable settlement tools: discover the initiative of the Ghent Labour Court: a “Moot court CRA”.On Friday 14 June 2024, the Ghent Labour Court organised a Moot Court CRA: a simulated hearing of an amicable…
As part of the public policy in favour of amicable settlement conducted by the Ministry of Justice, three senior magistrates, three lawyers and three renowned academics, joined by a notary, a court commissioner and a former consular judge, have been given the task by the Minister of Justice of visiting judicial jurisdictions to publicise the…
These collective works, published by Harmattan, are the result of the colloquium organised in Strasbourg at the Council of Europe on 25 and 26 May 2023 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the European Group of Magistrates for Mediation (GEMME). Under the direction of Béatrice Brenneur with the collaboration of François Staechelé and…
Restorative justice making headway in Spain under the impetus of the Spanish section of GEMME The 5th Congress of Mediation and Restorative Justice, held on 19 and 20 June 2024, and the Restorative Justice Strategic Plan for Catalonia, presented on 7 June, are the most recent activities in which the president of GEMME Spain, the…
The Polish section of GEMME received the prestigious “Ambassador of Mediation” award from the (Polish) National Chamber of Legal Advisors. On 14 June in Warsaw took place the gala organised by the National Chamber of Legal Advisors (Krajowa Rada Radców Prawnych (KRRP)) where Agnieszka Owczarewicz (President of GEMME Polska) and Monika Włodarczyk (Vice-President of GEMME)…
“Propelling courtroom disputes into mediation” GEMME Ireland event on 3rd July 2024 GEMME Ireland and the specialist Bar ADR Committee organized an event entitled “Propelling courtroom disputes into mediation” which took place on Wednesday 3 July. It was a hybrid event with attendees having the option to attend in-person or join virtually. (In the picture…
GEMME General Assemblies May 24 and 25, 2024 Paris On Friday 24 May 2024, GEMME held its general assemblies in the Grand Chamber of the Cour de Cassation, the venue where it was founded in 2003. The day was marked by academic debates and round tables on the role of the supreme courts and mediation…
GEMME Switzerland will celebrate its 20th anniversary on 20 September 2024 in Neuchâtel This is a celebration in which all GEMME members, whether from Switzerland or other national sections, are invited to take part. The day will begin at 8.30am with a training session for GEMME members only, followed by a colloquium open to all…
GEMME took part in the 32nd World Forum of Mediation Centres in London The meeting took place from 4 to 6 April 2024. It is a meeting of the Officers of the World’s Leading Commercial Mediation Centres. The Forum was presented by the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats) with the support of the Centre for…