Bibi Ruwaydah Mamode Saïb


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Areas of expertise

Profession/s 
Ruwaydah Mamode Saïb is a Barrister-at-law in England and Wales (non-practising) following her Michalmeas call to the degree of the Utter Bar on the 24th of November 2021. She is a practising Barrister-at-law in the Republic of Mauritius and was admitted to the Bar on the 20th of January 2023. 
Ruwaydah is an accredited civil/commercial mediator since September 2021 by ADR/ODR International and since April 2022, also an online dispute resolution (ODR) Specialist. 

Areas of expertise 
- Criminal;
- Commercial/ civil disputes including family, consumer, employment/landlord and tenant/ contractual and property disputes; 
- Litigation and Corporate matters; and 
- Online dispute resolution/ qualified as an ODR specialist. 

Country of Practice  
United Kingdom/Mauritius

Languages
English, French, Urdu/Hindi, and Mauritian Creole 

Professional Memberships

International Accredited Civil/Commercial mediator with:

SIMI (Singapore International Mediation Institute) accreditation;

IMI (International Mediation Institute) accreditation; and 

Registered by the CMC (Civil Mediation Council- UK registration) 

Member of the Mauritius Bar Association 

Member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 

Signed up to the Middle Temple's Young Barrister's Association (MTYBA) 

Former AIESEC member at Middlesex University

Former United Nations Associations member- UTM 

Professional Experience

Ruwaydah has worked on several cases on inter alia, criminal, civil/commercial law, including contractual disputes, mediation and arbitration. She has additionally drafted written submissions, skeleton arguments, legal opinions and mediation position papers in relation thereto. 

As part of her BPP Pro Bono Street Law activity, she delivered two presentations to Askham Grange residents in York, England and is a recipient of the 'Initiative Employability Recognition' award for going 'above and beyond' in her support of the work of the BPP Pro Bono Centre. 

Academic Qualifications 

Ruwaydah read law at Middlesex University where she graduated with a First Class Bachelor of Laws and subsequently received the ‘Most Outstanding Student Award’ for her academic performance. She went on to study the Bar Professional Training Course with a Masters in law from BPP University Leeds, and was awarded ‘Outstanding’ in, inter alia, dispute resolution (out-of-court). 

Mediation Style

Ruwaydah's goal is to ensure that all parties to the mediation process leave the mediation arena with equally satisfactory outcomes. She firmly believes in active listening skills and confidentiality to gain the parties’ trust. Ruwaydah sees empathy or put in today’s evolving world and with the past covid pandemic- ‘digital empathy’, honesty, thoughtfulness and the ability to be seen to understand the feelings of others as key factors to successful mediations. She undertakes individual caucuses as well as joint sessions to ask the parties questions which will both, strike a balance between control and empathy as well as, enable them to articulate their underlying interests that drive their demands. 

As a barrister, Ruwaydah is often commended for her effective communication skills and is able to accommodate clients during evenings and weekends, upon reasonable, prior notice.