Sri Lanka win in Germany

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Shayhum Aboosalih

Rishika Pandey

South Asia made headlines this year with a stunning win at the recently concluded Mediation Competition by the Bucerius Law School in Germany.

Shayhum Aboosalih a past pupil of St. Peter’s College representing both Sri Lanka and the University of London together with Rishika Pandey from India, a Final year Law student at Jindal University- Delhi, caught the attention of judges and expert mediators, as they negotiated their way through the cases ranging from areas in Space Travel, International Business and Intellectual property.

A Mediation Competition is a simulation of what occurs during a real Mediation, a form of Alternate dispute resolution or ADR where disputing parties try to resolve matters outside court while protecting their privacy.

The negotiations have an expert mediator present who helps the conversation by being impartial and guiding parties where the structure may help make the conversation more effective.

Parties are encouraged to bring their Lawyers, who play a more prominent role in counselling their clients, to empathise and communicate their interests while also keeping them aware of alternatives they may have on anything left unresolved. Lawyers here always keep a forward-looking attitude, rather than getting derailed on legal positions making an amicable settlement possible.

While it is a proud moment for Sri Lanka to be part of the winning team for the very first time at Bucerius.

Shayhum and Rishika hope to make this opportunity a reality for more students while furthering the cause of Mediation, where disputing parties resolve matters more amicably unlike the constraints present at a regular court proceeding.