Ideas and field notes on mediation, conflict resolution, case management and legal writing — set down with care.
Sometimes parties do not need their communication repaired — they need a realistic view of the merits. Early neutral evaluation supplies exactly that, and since Lomax v Lomax the court can order it without the parties’ consent. Choosing the right tool for the dispute.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 6 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
Legal content now reaches further than any advocacy — read by thousands who will never sit in a consultation. The writer of legal articles carries duties to match: accuracy, currency, the clear line between information and advice, and prose that earns its authority.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 30 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Much mediation takes place in the context of a dispute between two or more parties, where the process is used in an attempt to settle it. A dispute involves an overt and contested claim between parties over competing interests.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 28 Oct 2025 · 1 min read
Mediation can be used to manage conflict even where it is known that the conflict will continue — containing it by establishing rules, structure, strategy and processes for communication, even where there is little goodwill between the parties.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 20 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Mediation can be used for the sole purpose of defining which issues are in dispute and which are not — a process sometimes referred to as scoping. Once the problem is adequately defined, it can be referred to the method of resolution that fits it.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 20 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
The variable features of mediation include the degree to which the parties enter into it consensually, the parties’ choice of mediator, and the extent to which any settlement outcome reflects how a court might determine the matter.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 18 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Mediation is a decision-making process in which the parties are assisted by a third person, the mediator — whose task is to improve the process of decision-making and to assist the parties to reach an outcome to which each of them can assent.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 15 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
A short note from the desk: conflict is inevitable, but solutions are within reach — and mediation remains the cost-effective and efficient way forward.
A A Fashina LLB (Honours) · 2 Dec 2024 · 1 min read