Sep 7, 2019
As its name suggests, this term refers to the use of mediation to resolve conflict in the workplace. In this, the first of a series of three articles, I will set out what mediation is and how workplace mediation work. In later articles I will deal with the following:...
Sep 4, 2019
“I think history will in due course favour the view articulated so clearly last night by [Sir Oliver Letwin] that a threat to commit an act of self harm if your counterparts in a negotiation do not do exactly as you wish is not exactly likely to be an effective or...
Sep 4, 2019
Our Credo Our Credo is to resolve employment and workplace disputes in a creative way. We all know that workplace disputes can be very disruptive and have a negative effect on a team or business. We have all probably been in situations at work which we would like to...
Aug 31, 2019
Aug 22, 2019
In MR v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1970 (QB) the judge allowed an appeal as to costs in relation to Part 36. She held that the trial judge had erred in making no order for costs in a case where the claimant had made a valid Part 36 offer to...
Aug 22, 2019
We recently received the following positive feedback from a solicitor: “He was excellent and he conducted himself with utmost professionalism and was pragmatic throughout the day and tried his best to broker settlement despite this matter being a very difficult matter...
Aug 18, 2019
OHPEN OPERATIONS v INVESCO FUND MANAGERS At ProMediate we always recommend including mediation in a contract by way of a dispute resolution clause and have sample clauses available on our website. We would encourage parties to put ProMediate in such clauses as we are...
Aug 16, 2019
by Peter Causton | The Singapore convention was signed on 7 August but the UK and EU are not yet signatories. It is potentially a great leap forward for international mediation. The EU is apparently thinking about whether individual states need to sign or the bloc...
Aug 13, 2019
Peter Causton has passed his specialist industry accreditation in delivering remote mediation from the Mediator Network. This demonstrates that he has been successfully trained in remote mediation techniques.
Aug 12, 2019
Following hard on the heels of the Civil Justice Council Report on ADR, a report has been published proposing a strategy to “normalise” the use of mediation in the civil justice system in Scotland as a “viable option in addition to, and often instead of, litigation”....
