Editorial Matters
A Message from the Co-Editors
It’s a real honour for us to be taking over the reins of this journal as the new Co-Editors in Chief. We will strive to continue the well-established tradition of this journal as a focus for high quality academic scholarship including empirical, theoretical, socio-legal and doctrinal work relative to mediation across all areas within which it is practiced and covering all jurisdictions. Recent times have seen a real growth in developments in such areas as the increasing use of AI and technology, new regulatory measures undergirding the process, greater integration with courts and the workings of lawyers and the judiciary and supra-national efforts to standardise education and training and also provide for cross border mediation settlement enforcement. In this vein, we are also hoping to showcase a range of shorter, articles on recent developments in the field and those that have particular policy or practice implications. We have installed a new policy and practice editorial team comprising our Newcastle colleagues, Viktoriia Hamaiunova and Zora Kizilyurek. We have also taken the opportunity to refresh the journal’s editorial board to encompass leading academic authorities on mediation and conflict resolution across a range of fields and jurisdictions as well as prominent mediation practitioners.
The current edition (Autumn 2024), exemplifies the wide scope of this journal with contributions ranging from an assessment of the recent Churchill case, the significant implications of this decision and the introduction of compulsory, court-ordered mediation in England & Wales, a comparative study about the use of non-adjudicative ADR process in commercial cases in Ontario and England & Wales, an empirical study based on interviews with elite international commercial mediators examining their experiences of online mediation and views on future prospects, and an insightful piece examining the potential for specially trained elder mediators to facilitate the involvement of people living with dementia in decision-making about their own lives.
We are currently accepting longer academic submissions and shorter practice/policy focused pieces for the next spring 2025 edition and look forward to receiving your contributions. If you want to discuss potential submissions with us, please get in touch.
Bryan Clark and Myriam Gicquello, Newcastle University Law School.
Full Editorial Team:
Co-Editors in Chief:
Professor Bryan Clark, Newcastle University Bryan.clark@newcastle.ac,uk
Dr Myriam Gicquello, Newcastle University Myriam.gicquello@newcastle.ac.uk
Co-Editors, Policy and Practice Articles
Viktoriia Hamaiunova, Newcastle University v.hamaiunova2@newcastle.ac.uk
Zora Kizilyurek, Newcastle University z.kizilyurek@newcastle.ac.uk