May 26, 2016
A survey of legal needs in England and Wales has been carried out by the Law Society, which will be of interest to those providing legal services. http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/research-trends/largest-ever-legal-needs-survey-in-england-and-wales/ More...
May 25, 2016
Today I gave my maiden speech in the House of Commons! I attended an influential All Parliamentary Party Group of MPs including the shadow Justice Secretary, Christina Rees, and Alberto Costa QC. Issues involving consumer mediation and the ADR Directive were...
May 24, 2016
Time and again, parties end up in financial difficulties because they get involved with legal proceedings over a neighbour dispute, which the Courts have directed is the kind of dispute that benefits from mediation. The latest tale of litigation woe concerns a...
May 24, 2016
Peter Causton of ProMediate will be speaking to an influential group of MPs at the Palace of Westminster on 25 May about consumer ADR alongside Michel Kalipetis, commercial mediator. Peter will be explaining how the ADR Directive is not working very well in...
May 24, 2016
In its response to a consultation on setting up a new property Court, the Civil Justice Council has recommended more flexible deployment of judges in landlord and tenant, housing, property and land registration cases. The working group says that there are a number of...
