May 28, 2020
ProMediate is organising a roadshow to showcase Alternative Dispute Resolution in the UK. https://www.promediate.co.uk/adr-roadshow/ 15 June 2020 at 2pm – 3pm. It is designed for businesses to help them resolve disputes through ADR. Even this week, the...
May 27, 2020
The UK government has advised companies to try to avoid damaging court cases and to resolve contractual disputes relating to Covid-19 through mediation before heading to court. Lord Neuberger has already warned of a tsunami of cases and suggested a breathing space....
May 26, 2020
In my experience as a mediator, parties often stress the strengths of their case and sometimes say that Counsel has already drafted the proceedings or that they have been advised that they have good prospects of success. It is difficult to know whether they are...
May 19, 2020
In the latest decision on the issue of refusing to mediate the Court has once again reiterated that a party who refuses to mediate can be penalised in legal costs. This was an employment contract case involving two defendants where one defendant relied upon the...
May 17, 2020
The message mediators are sending out is that we are open for business and ready to mediate whether it be online by telephone. The jury is out as to whether it is now possible to mediate in person. Some courts are holding jury trials again, but attendance is a legal...
May 7, 2020
Now is a perfect time to try to resolve difficult disputes online or by telephone whilst the Courts are largely closed outside London. We can organise remote mediations with very little notice and mediate for you. You can wave goodbye to frustrating Court delays and...
May 4, 2020
Hey here’s a fascinating article you cannot miss: https://www.lawsocieties.eu/main-navigation/cross-border-mediation-in-a-post-brexit-world-by-peter-causton/6000992.article
Apr 29, 2020
We may all be in lockdown but it doesn’t mean our cases stand still! We need to move them forward. One way to do this is to mediate. How, you ask, when we can’t meet? Answer: mediate online or by telephone. Everyone is doing it! Even Parliament is meeting via Zoom and...
Apr 27, 2020
Lawyers are predicting an avalanche of cases following the coronavirus pandemic, ranging from states making claims in the international courts against China, to landlord and tenant claims. Only today the Guardian reports that lobby groups are urging the government to...
Apr 27, 2020
With the Courts largely closed now is the time to mediate online: in this short recorded webinar I explain why and how. #resolve #mediation #mediate #onlinemediation #barrister #counsel #adr #litigationfunding #mediator #lawyers #barristers Topic: Settling Claims by...
