In this article we look at what to do about finances if you aren’t married and split up. At ProMediate we mediate a lot of different types of dispute, including inheritance and workplace but we are also seeing an increase in TOLATA claims between unmarried couples...
At ProMediate our mediators deal with a wide range of disputes including contractual disputes, wills and probate, inheritance, property disputes and workplace. Independent mediation can be a cost effective way of sorting issues out. One of the issues we frequently...
Mediation is well suited to inheritance act and contentious probate claims. Costs can be high in these sorts of cases. Another claim regarding an estate has resulted in what have been described as “ruinous” legal costs. We always recommend mediation in such cases,...
A recent case has got me thinking, can a party make a part 36 offer and refuse to mediate? Normally refusal to mediate would be unreasonable conduct but what if a party refuses to mediate but beats a part 36 offer? Can the other party argue the normal part 36 rules...
We reported a case recently where the judge refused to apply part 36 consequences where a Claimant had made a part 36 offer close to the whole of the claim amount. In two other recent decisions the Court has affirmed this approach. In Yieldpoint...
