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CEDR audio lectures

This section hosts audio files that are relevant to Alternative Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management and covers key speeches and lectures on latest developments and 'hot' topics delivered by senior mediation figures. These files can be listened to directly or downloaded onto your computer or MP3 device.

Interviews

Beazley's Frederick F. Marsh on Insurance Dispute Mediation

Listen as Frederick F Marsh speaks about Beazley's decision to join CEDR. Marsh describes how CEDR can offer some great opportunities to increase the training and education of Beazley's people internally. The decision of Beazley Group plc to support an initiative to encourage the use of mediation to settle disagreements underlines the growing acceptance of less acrimonious forms of dispute resolution.

"Beazley's Frederick F. Marsh on Insurance Dispute Mediation"

A Personal Injury Mediation Seen from Three Sides

CEDR Director Tony Allen, and GE employee, Gavin Slessor, of Scotland, who lost his right arm and leg in a workplace accident join Mike McIlwrath in a discussion on General Electric Co.’s ADR processes and procedures in a personal injury case. Hear what Slesser did to get to mediation, and make it work, as well as why GE decided to mediate the case. And find out what happened in the participants’ own words, and how they feel about the results.

"IDN 70 - A Personal Injury Mediation Seen from Three Sides"

Speeches

CEDR and the CBI event 25 May 2006
- "15 years of cutting the cost of conflict"

Address by Dr Karl Mackie Chief Executive of CEDR at the evening event held at the CBI's Centre Point venue to celebrate CEDR providing over 15 years of conflict resolution to British businesses.

Please click here or below to listen to Karl Mackie's speech

"CEDR and the CBI celebrate over 15 years of cutting the cost of conflict"
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Please click here to read the speech transcript

Lectures

Tony Allen: "Mediation and Pre-action behaviours"

Tony is regarded as the UK's leading mediator of personal injury and clinical negligence claims. In addition he has mediated a wide range of disputes including professional indemnity claims, commercial, banking, insurance, construction, housing and partnership disputes, as well as cases involving government departments and regulators.

Tony will be delivering four lectures, which will cover topics ranging from the affects of the Pre-Action Protocols to the 'Price of not settling'.

Please click here or below to listen to lecture 1 of 4

"Mediation and Pre-action behaviours"
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"Complex cases are causing havoc - can ADR or CPR provide a solution"

This event was held on Monday 24 July 2006 at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, 70 Fleet street and was the product of a joint effort between Wordwave, CEDR and IDRC.

The Right Honourable Lord Woolf of Barnes chaired a panel of 5, in front of an audience of trial lawyers. The learned panel members were Lord Phllips of Matravers, Lord Grabiner of Aldwych QC, Patrick Sherrington of Lovells, Sarah Clover of Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert and Tony Allen of CEDR.

Each of the panelists delivered a short presentation, followed by Lord Woolf opening up the floor to questions from the audience.

Please find below the audio from the event, for Lord Woolf and Sarah Clover and Patrick Sherrington.

Lord Woolf of Barnes, Chair Please click here to listen or download this audio file. This file is 9.5MB.
Sarah Clover, Partner, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Please click here to listen or download this audio file This file is 10.67MB.
Patrick Sherrington, Partner, Lovells Please click here to listen or download this audio file This file is 11.63MB.

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