Judges, amicable settlement, and the rule of law in the digital age Sharing European experiences November 19th and 21st 2025 Webinar These two lunch webinars offered judges from different European countries, who are involved in promoting mediation and conciliation, the opportunity to share the lessons they have learned from their amicable office in the…
Training session on the Danube 2025 The 2025 training cruise organised by GEMME-France and CIM was a great success. A group of well-known legal experts from many different countries got together on a boat on the Danube river for four days to talk about mediation. The programme, which was led by experts who are well-known…
Looking back at IFOMENE’s 32nd master class During this roundtable discussion, which was moderated by Linda Benrais, members of GEMME from Belgium, France, Poland and the United Kingdom discussed the main issues and challenges related to amicable policy in Europe. GEMME Europe is very grateful to IFOMENE for setting this up. This lively webinar is…
GEMME at the General Assembly of the European Law Institute 2025 GEMME had the honour of participating in the General Assembly of the European Law Institute (ELI), held in Vienna from 22 to 24 September 2024. This major event brought together lawyers, magistrates, academics and experts from across Europe to discuss the major legal challenges…
Mediation Moot Exhibition 14 October 2025 Mediation Moot Exhibition 14 October 2025 17:30 – 20:30 Main Lecture Theatre, Law Society, Blackhall Place, Smithfield, Dublin 7 Chair: Ms Justice Sara Phelan, Chairperson of GEMME Ireland The Honourable Mr Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court, and Ms Helen Kilroy, Partner, McCann FitzGerald LLP will provide…
Board meeting 16 May 2025 in Brussels. After four online board meetings, the elected directors and representatives of the Belgian, Dutch, Italian, Romanian, French, Irish, Greek, Polish and German sections met in person at the Belgian Court of Cassation for the second GEMME Board of Directors meeting of 2025. The discussions were both dense and…
Mediation in the Commercial Court ; a View from Practice and the Bench
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…
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…