Feb 23, 2016
Between 40% – 50% of marriages end in divorce. For cohabitees the statistics are worse. We joined the EU on 1 January 1973. It has been a turbulent but ultimately stable relationship, but will we reach the golden wedding anniversary in 2023? We are the ones who...
Feb 22, 2016
Many businesses are finding that mediation is a more cost efficient way of resolving disputes. The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has launched a dispute management service with mediation at its heart. Businesses can now easily find a way through the litigation...
Feb 20, 2016
Following the formal introduction of the European Union Consumer ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Directive last July- and with the start of the new European ODR Platform on 15 February ProMediate, one of Europe’s foremost mediation dispute resolution service...
Feb 19, 2016
Legal Futures has suggested that the new online Court proposal should be made more radical by introducing a new “digital mediation” process. Lord Justice Briggs last month published his interim report on the structure of the civil courts in England and...
Feb 18, 2016
Weightmans Solicitors which advises on regulatory issues in respect of law firms has advised members of the Manchester Law Society to update their websites to include the ODR EU Platform link. Law firms are caught by changes to EU regulations and are required to amend...
