TDSH Editorials

TDSH (The Dispute Solutions Hub) recently anchored and participated in a high-level Sensitization and Consultative Forum on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (the ADR Centre or ADRC) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The forum brought together regulators, in-house counsel, industry operators, mediators, arbitrators, and legal practitioners for a candid and solution-driven conversation on […]

Happy New Year! A new chapter begins and with it comes fresh energy, renewed hope, and emergent opportunities. Even if you did not tick all boxes and did not reach all your goals last year, remember that self-improvement has no deadline.   In other words, remember that there is no deadline for becoming your best self. 

Merry Christmas! As we celebrate love, family, and togetherness this season, may grace, joy, and peace fill your heart and home.  Thank you for supporting TDSH in its relentless quest for dialogue, goodwill, and harmony.  This Christmas, may your days be filled with warmth, laughter, and meaningful moments, shared with loved ones.  Remember that the

December is a time to reflect.  Even if the year has not gone as you planned.  Even if you have faced tough moments or unexpected turns.  Even if only one of ten resolutions has been achieved.  Look inwards and you will be amazed by the strength you recognise and the progress you did make, regardless. 

We often overlook our progress by focusing on unmet goals.  We get so focused on what we did not achieve that we forget to celebrate what we did achieve and how far we have come. Take a deep breath. Look back at this year: the challenges you faced; the peace you made; and the lessons

Hello November! The year may be winding down, but it certainly is not over.  It may seem to have little left to offer in time and opportunity; however, not for you!  As long as the year is not over, then there remains more time than you think, to learn, adapt, and make progress.  Your story

The Roundtable also functions as  Thinktank, promoting and advocating the advancement, art, development, practice, principles, and process, of Mediation.

Whenever a third party acts to effect an agreement or reconciliation between other parties,  – whether friends, business partners, couples, even total strangers – the process would rightly be called mediation.  In International Law, when one power uses its good offices to get a peaceful settlement between disputing nations or powers, this also is mediation.

Conflicts are inevitable. It is therefore expedient, before they occur, to have a plan, a strategy for resolving them in a way that minimizes business disruptions, saves both money and time; especially, executive time.  The strategy should include preservation of relationships and reputation, both personal and corporate.  Such a plan and strategy are no longer

As we have noted earlier, conflicts of parties’ respective interests and needs are inevitable during those transactions that fuel a successful business.  They will invariably arise over the inception, interpretation, performance, expectations, or even termination, of the contracts underlying those transactions.  If these conflicts are not properly recognized, addressed, and resolved some way or the