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Partnership Disputes – mediate!

Eight partners have handed in their notices including the head of the Southampton and Bristol offices, Michael Renshaw, according to legal gossip site, RollOnFriday. According to inside sources, the fleeing partners are citing management issues and the salary and...

Scammers target law firms

Law firms need to be aware of a sophisticated fraud whereby scammers copy firms’ websites wholesale and use all the details to con potential clients. The website for a fake law firm Owen & Harvey, which has no connection with genuine firm Burges Salmon,...

Insurers/clinical negligence claims – there is another way!

Insurers and Claimants in clinical negligence cases are realising that there is more than one way to deal with a dispute- mediation at an early stage can avoid thousands of pounds of legal costs. Figures from the NHSLA audit report for 2014-15 show that  :...

Finding a way out of the litigation maze

Litigation can often feel confusing and as if you are trapped in a maze. At ProMediate we help parties to find their way out of the litigation maze. All our mediators have litigation experience and are well placed therefore to  guide parties to resolve their...

Small Businesses use lawyers as a last resort

Small businesses have told the competition watchdog that the legal services market is not serving them properly. Maybe they should mediate! We have set up a service with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to assist members to deal with disputes in a cost...

litigants in person dislike going to Court.

A recent report from Citizens Advice Bureau about litigants in person in the family Courts amounts to a vote of no confidence in the Court system, but they need more information about alternative dispute resolution. The report reveals that going to court without a...