Today and tomorrow we are attending the Women of Silicon Roundtable event at the Excel Arena in Earls Court. We are explaining to IT contractors how having a dispute resolution clause in an IT contract can assist and how to avoid disputes – contractual or...
Can mediation deliver in cost disputes? Avi Dolties asks whether it’s time to start tapping into mediation to settle costs disputes. Mediation has become widely accepted as an effective means of resolving commercial disputes, both among the legal profession and,...
The answer is that in a clinical negligence case where a part 36 offer has only just been beaten, a Court should invariably award the uplift, even if damages are hard to quantify. The High Court has upheld an appeal from a clinical negligence claimant who had missed...
Tribunals struggle as backlog of cases reaches highest level since fees were reduced. The MOJ revealed that the number of outstanding Employment Tribunal cases has reached its highest level since the scrapping of Tribunal Fees in July 2017 and is likely to rise...
Litigation can be costly and frustrating. There is another way: Mediation. Using a professional mediator can help to resolve a claim quickly and efficiently. The only downside is the cost of mediation and the need to compromise. People rarely get exactly what they are...
At its 32nd meeting in Strasbourg held between 13-14 June, the Commission for Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe adopted a European Handbook for Development of National Legislation on Mediation as well as Guidelines on designing and monitoring mediators...
Last December, over 6 months ago, the Civil Justice Council published its report on mediation and the justice system. It recommended various steps to encourage mediation, including a Notice to Mediate procedure. Time to encourage mediation It should perhaps come as no...
A landmark bill that will create “no fault” divorce in England and Wales was put before parliament yesterday as minsters try to make separations less acrimonious. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill will reform the 50-year-old divorce laws and comes after a...
Employment disputes in court have increased by 6 per cent, figures showed yesterday, building on a two-year trend that started after tribunal fees were ruled to be unlawful. Ministry of Justice statistics showed a rise in individual cases brought before the employment...
. . Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity: Registered Charity no. 1160024 I am pleased to report that ProMediate appointed as Alternative Dispute Resolution Provider for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity: in respect of their raffle, Registered...
