Dec 20, 2021
With the onset of the omnicron coronavirus variant many people in the midst of a dispute will be considering how to arrange a mediation when the advice is to work from home. As mediators we adapted to the original pandemic by mediating remotely online using Zoom or...
Dec 16, 2021
Legal Futures reports that a judge has made the first ever order for compulsory alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in commercial litigation, The Courts have long had power to order parties to consider mediation but this went one step further by ordering that the...
Dec 6, 2021
Join us on 11 January at 5.30pm for a webinar debate on the issue of whether ADR should be made compulsory in consumer/trader/retailer cases. Following the completion of our ADR Roadshow part funded by the EU, where we offered a free trial of our mediation service, we...
Dec 6, 2021
Our panel mediator, Nichola Evans is mentioned in this article about mediation, saying: ‘I find that a Teams or Zoom mediation is very cost-effective and ideal for small to medium-sized disputes. Parties can play with the format, so on smaller cases the parties can...
Dec 2, 2021
We recently completed an 18 month project part funded by the EU into attitudes towards ADR in business and consumer cases. Our report can be found here: www.promediate.co.Uk/adr-roadshow Our report supports the view that the majority of people who had not used ADR...
Nov 16, 2021
Every party in a civil case has an obligation to try to exchange information and try to resolve their disputes before starting litigation. They have to comply with Pre action protocols. There are specific protocols for things like professional negligence and...
