Dec 27, 2015
As as the new year approaches what next for ADR? It will be an exciting year with Court reforms and the introduction of the Online Dispute Resolution Platform from 15 February. Not many businesses realise but they will be obliged to provide a link to the platform on...
Dec 24, 2015
Scotland’s solicitors’ profession has officially turned female as the Law Society in Edinburgh announced yesterday that women outnumbered men in practice. 51 per cent of the 11,000 solicitors are women. An unspoken issue with civil and commercial mediation...
Dec 24, 2015
Christmas time is an ideal time to put aside conflicts, bury hatchets and sit around the table with relatives and friends, putting aside any arguments. One soldier’s story of doing this by sharing ‘cigs, jam and corn beef’ with Germans in the First...
Dec 23, 2015
They do things differently down under. There is an element of compulsion in some states to include obtaining a certificate of reasonable steps to prove to the Court that you have tried ADR. It is hoped that Lord Justice Briggs adopts some of their practices when he...
Dec 23, 2015
It may well be that many Court buildings will be closed in the near future. The fact is that the British public don’t trust the legal system and feel frustrated by it, research has found so they may not be too disappointed if there are alternatives available. The...
Dec 23, 2015
At this time of year let’s spare a thought for those who are less advantaged than us. Many are without a roof over their heads for no fault of their own. The measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about – Marcus Aurelius. Helping others and...
