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Sri Lanka win in German Source:FT 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. Shayhum Aboosalih 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 ...