Nov 5, 2022
Court of Appeal Court of Appeal Mediation Scheme Litigants with cases that go as far as the Court of Appeal might be wondering whether the opportunity to resolve a case has long gone by that stage. By its very definition, cases that reach the Court of Appeal will have...
Nov 1, 2022
The president of the family division has dlievered a speech about the benefits of avoiding Court. https://www.bailii.org/uk/other/speeches/2022/344JJ.html He asks “When families fall apart, do they fall too easily into court?“ Lord Macfarlane says that: “To be a child...
Nov 1, 2022
The Court of Appeal recommended mediation to save costs, after refusing an appeal against a costs decision penalising a party who had refused to mediate. In a recent case (TMO Renewables Limited v Timothy Yeo and Others...
Oct 28, 2022
In a recent case, https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/2022/2688.html the Court was asked to look at whether the parties’ conduct, including failure to mediate, should lead to an indemnity costs order instead of a standard order. In this...
Oct 22, 2022
We have long lobbied for businesses to engage with the ADR Regulations for consumer disputes as many refuse to use ADR, preferring to defend claims and shunning compromise. Sadly we left the EU and with it the EU dispute resolution process. Proposals have now been...
Oct 3, 2022
We are offering mediator training in person in 2023. This will be a 5 day course (although it will be possible to split the modules if attendance for 5 days is not possible). Costing £2000, this is probably the best value mediator training course recognised by the CMC...
Oct 3, 2022
I am pleased to report that I have been shortlisted for the PI Awards 2022. I have promoted ADR in personal injury claims as well as mediating as a commercial and civil mediator and am also an advocate in personal injury cases. Great strides have been taken to...
Sep 29, 2022
Laying off an employee or a contractor is not an action to take lightly. It can affect the livelihood of a person and their entire family. Letting go of a team member can also put you behind on important projects and cost you money that you must spend on hiring and...
Aug 27, 2022
Starting a claim can be delayed if the parties expressly agree The High Court has refused to extend time for service of a claim form outside the four month period in a case where the parties were arranging a mediation. In Lonsdale & Ors v Wedlake Bell Llp &...
Aug 7, 2022
This one day course enables civil and commercial mediators to convert to being workplace mediators. Contact us for more information.
