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Court Fees Hike – Mediate!

Increasing Court fees are leading to people avoiding Court. One way of doing this is to mediate early on, before issuing proceedings. The Courts encourage parties to mediate and can make a costs order against parties if they refuse to do so. The body which compiles...

Attritional litigation warfare! Personal Injury mediation

  Lord Justice Briggs in his report on the structure of the Civil Courts says that “there appears to be a particular shortfall in the potential penetration of mediation in relation to personal injuries and clinical negligence claims. Feedback …...

Half of small businesses do not take advice

Nearly half of small businesses in Britain are failing to seek legal advice for legitimate potential claims, research shows. Concerns over legal fees and the amount of time required to mount a legal action were cited as the main reasons dissuading the nation’s...