Mediation

Predator partner

The evolution of the partnership and the predator partner

(This article was first published on the Kluwer Mediation Blog on 7 March 2017)

…the typical all-powerful and largely irreplaceable partner of yore has evolved to become a powerless, placeholder partner, keeping the chair warm for the next incumbent of his post. He is the counterpoint to, and the prey of, the predator partner.

This has radically altered how many partnership disputes, especially in the professions, tend to arise and are resolved.

Settling partnership disputes through mediation

Settling partnership disputes through mediation

“… after a few hours of tight-lipped civility, one or other of the parties … cannot stop himself telling the other party what he really thinks …” There are a number of factors which distinguish partnership disputes from other types of commercial dispute.  In consequence, different methods are sometimes required to achieve settlement. In this…