Jun 13, 2018
I attended the inaugural ADR Assembly in Brussels on 11/12 June 2018. It was a gathering of EU wide ADR providers and an opportunity to network and to learn how the ADR Directive has been implemented in other member states as well as Iceland and Lichtenstein. We were...
Jun 10, 2018
In January to March 2018, the number of County Court claims, allocations and judgments increased against the same quarter of 2017. In the last two quarters, there has been volatility in the volume of claims received following the implementation of the Pre-Action...
Jun 2, 2018
Interesting article about impact of will disputes, which can be resolved through mediation. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/02/twist-tale-mother-will
May 21, 2018
The Master of the Rolls has said the government had “declined to promote” primary legislation needed to set up a single Online Court, covering civil, family and tribunal claims. Instead the separate jurisdictions would remain, but be accessed by a single digital...
May 18, 2018
Herbert Smith Freehills has teamed up with PwC and IMI (International Mediation Institute) to identify key insights that emerge from the extensive voting data collected during the Global Pound Conference series. With a focus on the needs of corporate users of dispute...
May 17, 2018
David Davis “One of the things that happens in negotiations is people try to set up deadlines, sometimes artificial deadlines, to put pressure on one element of the negotiation which they think is in their favour
