A recent employment tribunal case highlights the benefits of mediating disputes in the workplace rather than “going legal”! A legal secretary who claimed she suffered age discrimination when her colleagues asked about her 50th birthday and sent her a card has had her...
It is reported that Buckingham palace is holding ‘crisis talks’ after the Queen ordered the stripped back roles of Meghan and Harry to be determined in 72 hours. Clearly the Royal Family like other ordinary families has disputes and effectively Harry and Meghan are...
We offer a service whereby we contact the other party and offer mediation. Sometimes this produces resolution and agreement without actually having to mediate or litigate! A customer has had such a positive response: Please see the email below from XYZ. Your...
Founded in 2010 by Peter Causton, ProMediate is the leading provider of mediation services and training in the UK. Discover more about our approach to conflict resolution, our accreditations, history, and what we have to offer on our website. Based in the United...
The market is increasingly flooded with new mediators. Most solicitors prefer to choose the tried and tested, with a proven track record. That is where ProMediate comes in. We have been providing mediation services for over 10 years. Our success rate is over 90%. We...
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has revealed the overall amount it had paid out in litigation claims. The bill came to just over £26m in 2016-17, rose to £29.3m in 2017-18 and increased again to £29.7m in 2018-19. We would recommend mediation for such...
An article in the Guardian reveals that dozens of police forces have made out-of-court settlements totalling more than £30m in the past four years, The FOI figures did not include the large amount of legal costs that police forces had to also cover, pushing the...
It is reported that the NHS has paid almost £50m in compensation to parents whose babies died or were left with disabilities after care at the hospitals at the centre of Britain’s largest maternity scandal. Data showed that mistakes in care at the Shrewsbury and...
Ladbrokes reaches out of court settlement over “cancelled” bets. We act as ADR to various gambling operators, but not Ladbrokes. This shows the advantage of resolving such disputes out of court....
New Mediators and mediation users often ask about the Civil Mediation Council. We are proud to be a registered CMC mediation provider and training provider. What does that actually mean? The Civil Mediation Council was set up in the 2000s by a group of inspirational...
