China appears to have recognised the benefits of mediation. On 7 August 2019, China and other 45 States signed the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the Singapore Convention). The UK has not signed. The China Justice...
During the “lockdowns” in the UK many things have been put on hold such as Court hearings, waste collection, engineers’ appointments, the list goes on and on. Whereas a cancelled engineer’s appointment may be inconvenient, a cancelled hospital appointment may be...
Did you know an Oxford Economics study – Understanding the financial impact of staff turnover February 2014 – found that the average cost of replacing an employee on a salary of £25k+ (in the legal sector) is £39,887? The cost is likely to be the same in...
Sorry to bother you, but there is a debate about whether the law should be changed to make it easier for a party to apologise to another without facing consequences in terms of admitting liability. It is already the position that an apology does not amount to an...
The privacy and copyright case involving the Duchess of Sussex (Meghan Markle) makes me ask the question – can mediation ever be used in a case where one party is likely to lose at trial? Parties may well think that they are in such a strong position there may...
