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Mediation in tax cases

Two recent tax cases offer a reminder of that legal advisers should not use the issue of legal proceedings including judicial review as a first line of attack, but should exhaust all alternative dispute resolution avenues, including mediation, first.  The costs bill...

Post office sub postmaster Case settles in mediation

The Bates v Post Office group litigation, which has dragged on for over three years, has been settled, the parties announced today with the Post Office admitting ‘we got things wrong in our dealings with a number of postmasters’. In a joint statement, the parties said...

What is the Judicial ADR LIAISON Committee?

I am a member of the Civil Justice Council’s Judicial Liaison Committee tasked with looking into and hopefully implementing the CJC’s Report on ADR published a year ago. The Committee is intended to provide the judiciary, the ADR community and the professions with a...