Mar 1, 2021
During the pandemic many businesses and individuals are increasingly turning to mediation to resolve their disputes. We are running our mediator training courses on 17-19 March to become a civil and commercial mediator. Existing mediators may be interested in...
Feb 22, 2021
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...
Feb 19, 2021
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...
Feb 16, 2021
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...
Feb 15, 2021
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...
