Jan 21, 2026
Mediation, Interim Relief, and Costs Discipline in Heavy Commercial Chancery Litigation: Lessons from Gable Insurance AG v Dewsall & Ors [2025] EWHC 3399 (Ch) The decision in [2025] EWHC 3399 (Ch) (Vos DJ, 23 December 2025) is formally a costs...
Jan 21, 2026
Mediation, Delay, and the Cost of Missed Opportunities: Lessons from Reid (Deceased) [2026] EWHC 53 (Ch) Probate disputes are uniquely combustible. They combine money, memory, grief, and family history—often long-buried resentments—into a single legal...
Jan 9, 2026
A recent case casts light on the Courts’ approach to penalising parties who do not respond to invitations to mediate. Proposing mediation (and replying properly): the costs lesson from Gable Insurance AG (in liquidation) v Dewsall & Ors [2025] EWHC 3399 (Ch)...
Dec 19, 2025
The Grenfell Tower litigation: early mediation, disclosure, and a pragmatic approach to costs A short procedural ruling in the Grenfell Tower litigation provides a careful illustration of how the courts continue to encourage sensible engagement with mediation, even in...
Dec 19, 2025
When the curtain lifts on a mediation: Boghossian v IOP and the limits of “mediation privilege” Most of the time, what happens in a mediation stays in the mediation. That promise of confidentiality is the oxygen of candid negotiation: parties can float ideas, make...
Dec 15, 2025
Grenfell, Mediation, and the Myth of “The Earlier the Better”What the High Court’s latest Grenfell ruling tells us about timing, information, and realistic mediation The High Court’s ruling in the Grenfell Tower Litigation ([2025] EWHC 3276 (KB)) offers one of the...
Dec 11, 2025
Reflections on Michel Kallipetis KC’s Lecture on Mediation Privilege & Confidentiality Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of attending the Civil Mediation Council’s inaugural Academic Lecture, hosted in partnership with UCL’s Centre for Dispute Resolution. The...
Dec 11, 2025
Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of attending the Civil Mediation Council’s inaugural Academic Lecture, hosted in partnership with UCL’s Centre for Dispute Resolution. The speaker was Michel Kallipetis KC, who delivered a compelling and thought-provoking...
Nov 24, 2025
When Mediation Conduct Does Not Save You From Costs: Lessons from Belson v Belson [2025] EWHC 2989 (Ch) Master Clark’s judgment on costs in Belson & Ors v Belson & Ors [2025] EWHC 2989 (Ch) provides a significant and timely reminder of how the courts assess...
Nov 15, 2025
When Judges Become Mediators: What Dover Farm Developments Ltd v Smith Reveals About Access to ADR The recent decision in Dover Farm Developments Limited & Anor v Smith & Anor [2025] EWHC 2862 (KB) highlights an increasingly visible — and quietly...
