May 2, 2019
Disputes over boundaries are very common and can cause expense and misery for those involved. Our message to people involved in such disputes is mediate early on and nip the problem in the bud, as the following story from the Daily Mail illustrates: A couple’s...
May 1, 2019
RSVP: “I accept” As Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School London has remarked, “mediation is like sex – it is thought about more often than it is practised”. But the judiciary is certainly playing its part in narrowing the disparity between the...
May 1, 2019
Time for Mediation v JSM? “We are happy with a JSM”. “We see no reason to use mediation.” “We are so far apart that a mediation would be pointless.” These are typical responses of practitioners to a proposal of a mediation. As a method of dispute resolution, mediation...
Apr 30, 2019
6 Things you need to grow your mediation business Being a mediator is a great career choice because it combines the challenges of working with people at their worst while also providing a sense of achievement when you’ve helped them reach their best. To be...
Apr 29, 2019
I am speaking with Sir Rupert Jackson and Dominic Regan at the Medico Legal Conference in London on 16 May 2019 about clinical negligence mediation and workplace mediation in the NHS. Please attend and bring tomatoes!!!!
Apr 28, 2019
Formal processes for disciplinary action in the workplace can end up being a one-way street – no turning back for anyone involved. It is a route that often means a rapid escalation of any conflict – whatever its beginnings might have been – leading to tribunals,...
