Guides & Insights
Mediation in Ireland, explained plainly — twenty honest guides.
Is Mediation Legally Binding in Ireland?
The process is not; the outcome can be. Where the line sits, and why it is drawn there.
Process & the ActWhat Actually Happens on a Mediation Day
Hour by hour - and the misconception that puts people off before they start.
Process & the ActSection 14: What Your Solicitor Must Tell You
The statutory declaration behind every set of Irish proceedings, and what it actually means for you.
Process & the ActCan I Be Forced to Mediate?
No - but refusing is no longer free. What courts can do, and what refusal can cost.
Process & the ActWhat If Mediation Fails?
Nothing said can be used against you, every right survives - and why the day is rarely wasted.
OMC & PropertyService Charge Arrears: the Mediation Route
Cannot pay, will not pay, or disputing it - three problems wearing the same number.
OMC & PropertyDirectors vs Members: Cooling an OMC Civil War
When the AGM becomes a hearing and the volunteers start resigning - the room that stops it.
OMC & PropertyDeveloper Handover Disputes & Mediation
Common areas, unfinished works, defects and documents - the package that litigation cannot build.
OMC & PropertyThe Sinking Fund Row
Every argument about a special levy is really an argument about trust. Here is how to resolve both.
OMC & PropertyCommercial Landlord & Tenant Mediation in Practice
Arrears, dilapidations, breaks and renewals - and why enforcing is often the expensive option.
Business & ShareholderShareholder Deadlock: the Room Before the Courtroom
What a mediation can build that a section 212 petition never could.
Business & ShareholderThe Family Company Dispute
Two layers in one room: the commercial terms, and the twenty-year conversation nobody has had.
Business & ShareholderConstruction Disputes: Mediate Mid-Project
Mutual dependence is leverage. Why the best moment is while everyone still needs the job finished.
Business & ShareholderThe Contract Relationship Worth Saving
One question decides the whole strategy - and it is not who is right.
Business & ShareholderMediation Clauses: the Cheapest Dispute You Never Have
Deciding to talk, in advance, while everyone is still getting along.
People & LegacyThe Farm Succession Dispute
The asset a judgment cannot divide, and the conversation that should happen while everyone is alive.
People & LegacyContesting a Will vs Mediating an Estate
The costs myth that empties estates - and what a room can allocate that a court cannot.
People & LegacyWorkplace Mediation Before the WRC
Most claims were a fixable conversation months earlier. Where the room fits, and where it does not.
People & LegacyThe Professional Partnership Breakup
Clients, covenants, valuation and twenty years of adjacent offices - separated properly.
People & LegacyChoosing a Mediator: What Actually Matters
Beyond the credentials list - the four things that genuinely decide whether a mediation works.