Mar 17, 2016
The Legal Ombudsman has announced that alternative dispute resolution methods should be used more widely to resolve arguments between clients and their lawyers. Currently lawyers have to signpost to the Legal Ombudsman and also to a certified ADR entity like...
Mar 15, 2016
Spring is is an ideal time to consider mediation for any tricky claims or complaints that you have. We have just received the quarterly statistics from the Court service for October to December. The number of claims being dealt with appears fairly static but...
Mar 15, 2016
It was announced on 15 March that 300 institutional investors in Volkswagen have filed a multi-billion dollar suit against the carmaker for what they claim were breaches of its stock market duty in the emissions cheating scandal. The lawsuit claims damages of €3.3bn...
Mar 15, 2016
Whilst some retailers and law firms are rightly embracing the ADR Directive, alternative dispute resolution, and agreeing to mediate their disputes, some large retailers are failing to do so and are treading a fine line in relation to compliance and risking reputation...
Mar 10, 2016
ProMediate has set up a new dispute management service with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. This comes at a time of great change when the focus of litigation is going to change towards problem solving rather than adversarial arguments. Problem to be solved...
