Jul 14, 2023
At ProMediate our mediators deal with a wide range of disputes including contractual disputes, wills and probate, inheritance, property disputes and workplace. Independent mediation can be a cost effective way of sorting issues out. One of the issues we frequently...
Jul 10, 2023
Mediation is well suited to inheritance act and contentious probate claims. Costs can be high in these sorts of cases. Another claim regarding an estate has resulted in what have been described as “ruinous” legal costs. We always recommend mediation in such cases,...
Jul 7, 2023
Jul 5, 2023
We reported a case recently where the judge refused to apply part 36 consequences where a Claimant had made a part 36 offer close to the whole of the claim amount. In two other recent decisions the Court has affirmed this approach. In Yieldpoint...
Jul 4, 2023
Another claim regarding an estate has resulted in what have been described as “ruinous” legal costs. We always recommend mediation in such cases, even if they reach the Court of Appeal, as this case did. Morton & Anor v Morton [2023] EWCA Civ 700 (20 June...
Jul 4, 2023
In a recent case Master Macleod ordered ADR for the parties to resolve issues over a costs budget and it was successful. In the case of Hadley v Przybylo (Costs, Costs budgeting, Costs lawyers, personal injury, case manager, recoverability) [2023] EWHC 1392 (KB) (22...
Jul 3, 2023
At ProMediate, we have mediators for civil and commercial litigation disputes and also for workplace disputes. The majority of people have probably experienced conflict at some stage in their working lives, but what can you do when conflict arises? There are many...
Jun 29, 2023
We have various opportunities available to observe a mediation with one of our mediators. Just email us to ask about the opportunities available. You will need to observe a real life mediation to register with the Civil Mediation Council. We can help!
Jun 22, 2023
What happens when parties renege on an agreement reached in mediation? In this case Denny v Babaee & Ors [2023] EWHC 1490 (TCC) (19 June 2023)the Court considered the position: “I turn to the second potential ground for an indemnity costs order. The parties...
Jun 8, 2023
In a recent case concerning a contract, the judge stated as follows: the Order of Mr Justice Adam Johnson dated 2 September 2021 it was ordered that at all stages the parties must consider settling this litigation by any means of Alternative Dispute Resolution...
