Dec 19, 2019
So the other party has finally agreed to mediate, or maybe the Court has ordered it? Now is the time to consider carefully who should attend the mediation. I should add that the following only applies to commercial and civil mediation rather than workplace mediation,...
Dec 18, 2019
A recent case illustrates the need for ADR in inheritance act cases. In Weisz v Weisz & Ors, Mr Justice Francis was hearing an application for interim provision pursuant to section 5 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975. Mr Justice...
Dec 18, 2019
An illuminating talk was delivered on 17 December by Professor Suzanne Rab of Serle Court Chambers at Manchester Metropolitan University about the development of mediation and the pros and cons of regulation. Could you or should you have one without the other? So goes...
Dec 17, 2019
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Dec 17, 2019
Two recent tax cases offer a reminder of that legal advisers should not use the issue of legal proceedings including judicial review as a first line of attack, but should exhaust all alternative dispute resolution avenues, including mediation, first. The costs bill...
Dec 14, 2019
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Dec 11, 2019
The Bates v Post Office group litigation, which has dragged on for over three years, has been settled, the parties announced today with the Post Office admitting ‘we got things wrong in our dealings with a number of postmasters’. In a joint statement, the parties said...
Dec 10, 2019
I am a member of the Civil Justice Council’s Judicial Liaison Committee tasked with looking into and hopefully implementing the CJC’s Report on ADR published a year ago. The Committee is intended to provide the judiciary, the ADR community and the professions with a...
Dec 10, 2019
“Go to the Balcony” As William Ury reminds us in Getting Past No, during the most heated arguments it is often best for you to imagine yourself on stage and to mentally ‘go to the balcony’ or remove yourself from the situation at hand in order to take a larger view...
Dec 5, 2019
Statistics released by the Court service for July to September 2019 show that it took an average of 38.1 weeks between a small claim being issued and the claim going to trial, 3.2 weeks longer than in the same period in the previous year. A sustained period of...
