Nov 5, 2022
Court of Appeal Court of Appeal Mediation Scheme Litigants with cases that go as far as the Court of Appeal might be wondering whether the opportunity to resolve a case has long gone by that stage. By its very definition, cases that reach the Court of Appeal will have...
Nov 1, 2022
The president of the family division has dlievered a speech about the benefits of avoiding Court. https://www.bailii.org/uk/other/speeches/2022/344JJ.html He asks “When families fall apart, do they fall too easily into court?“ Lord Macfarlane says that: “To be a child...
Nov 1, 2022
The Court of Appeal recommended mediation to save costs, after refusing an appeal against a costs decision penalising a party who had refused to mediate. In a recent case (TMO Renewables Limited v Timothy Yeo and Others...
