Reflections on mediation, law, technology and the psychology of conflict.
Introduction On 30 June 2026, the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid published Law 3/2026, of 30 June, on Support for Family Businesses, in force…
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Read article →Neither yielding nor attacking. Psychology has described a third way since 1949, and Spain's Organic Law 1/2025 is pushing lawyers towards it.
Read article →Why family conversations about powers of attorney and autocuratela break down, and how to structure them. Three reasons, five decisions, and when to bring in a third party.
Read article →A well-designed preventive power of attorney avoids going to court. What it is, its two modalities, and why it pays to combine it with autocuratela.
Read article →Since 2021 you can appoint, in a public deed, who will support you if you ever need it. What autocuratela is, how it's granted, and how to talk about it as a family.
Read article →Impartiality and neutrality are often used as synonyms, but they aren't. The five principles behind Spain's Law 5/2012 and Organic Law 1/2025 that underpin every mediation process.
Read article →Spain’s Law 1/2025 does not prohibit litigation: it compels the alternatives to be put on the table. A reflection on why, for decades, we have been working from an edited menu.
Read article →For years I thought I was tremendously empathetic. In reality, I was only being sympathetic. And the difference is enormous. When a friend told me about…
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