Sep 13, 2025
Costs Budgets and the Battle over ADR Two recent costs judgments — Pontis Finance LLP v Karam, Missick & Traube LLP [2025] (Deputy Master Henderson) and the PAN NOx Emissions Litigation [2025] (Mrs Justice Cockerill DBE and Senior Costs Judge Rowley) — highlight...
Sep 12, 2025
Hilton & Cosnier v Woolfe & Dunkley (ChD, Master Kaye, 12 Sept 2025) — why this case cries out for mediation What the dispute is about The estate of John Keeling Walker (d. 13 Jan 2002). Under his 2001 will, a life-interest “Rutland Trust” gave his widow Vicki...
Sep 12, 2025
When Non-Parties Are Pulled Into Mediation: HHJ Paul Matthews’ Order in Ivey v Lythgoe & Ors On 12 September 2025, in the Business and Property Courts at Bristol, His Honour Judge Paul Matthews handed down a judgment that is likely to be studied by both...
Sep 9, 2025
When “Just a Fence” Becomes Financial Ruin: The Hidden Toll of Boundary Disputes Disagreements over property boundaries might seem trifling—mere inches apart or a misplaced hedge—but they can rapidly spiral into catastrophes. Legal fees, emotional strain, and the loss...
Aug 15, 2025
Neutral Venues & High-Stakes One-on-One Talks Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met today—August 15, 2025—at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska, in a one-on-one summit described as “game‑of‑chess” style diplomacy . Alaska was likely chosen...
Aug 11, 2025
From Brentford County Court to a Saxon Synod: Lessons in Mediation This morning I found myself at Brentford County Court,...
