Jun 5, 2016
The EU referendum is turning friend against friend. What could only be described as a workplace dispute has arisen between the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor and Boris Johnson. An inadvertent tweet has also turned the Labour Party against McBride. Perhaps this is...
Jun 1, 2016
The recording of the APPG on ADR at which Peter Causton spoke to MPs about consumer ADR is now available – You can find it on YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WqAWg0oZf6M
Jun 1, 2016
ProMediate is in favour of staying in the EU. Leaving would be bananas. We are in favour of the EU’s efforts to increase ADR in the EU and the UK and the improvements in civil procedure throughout the EU, like the EU small claims procedure and the ADR...
Jun 1, 2016
With thanks to the Times. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service has never generated the same strong emotions in the popular psyche as, say, the National Health Service. Nonetheless, the right to treatment from the state and the right to justice are equally...
May 30, 2016
The BBC has reported that a consultant doctor has expressed the view that more disputes between patients and doctors could be dealt with through mediation. Everyone has heard of the case of Ayasha King, for example, when a disagreement over treatment of a brain tumour...
May 29, 2016
Very few people, with the exception perhaps of litigation lawyers enjoy litigation. The Court of Appeal recently issued a consultation because it is struggling to get through the backlog of cases. Is the answer more ADR earlier on in the process? For example, in small...
