May 30, 2019
The Courts are reporting an increase in people representing themselves and dispensing with, or not instructing a lawyer, for a multiplicity of reasons. The Courts are encouraging more accessibility and discouraging use of lawyers in order to save costs. (Whiplash...
May 30, 2019
Increasingly people are choosing to represent themselves in Court and therefore in mediation as well. Often people simply can’t afford a lawyer or they don’t want to pay. This article is designed to help make you feel less daunted by the whole process. CEDR recently...
May 30, 2019
draft letter offering to mediateDownload If you wish to offer mediation to the other party to try to resolve matters, we suggest the wording below out here. They are under an obligation to consider using alternative dispute resolution although it is voluntary. We are...
May 30, 2019
People are often anxious about attending a mediation, but it is a lot less stressful than attending a trial. We have produced a handy guide as to what to expect which can be downloaded here: mediation what to expectDownload
May 26, 2019
Here’s a cute photo of a beautiful horse and her foal. Now that’s drawn your attention to my post, I am sure that I will get more views of this post than any other, proving that people don’t like focusing on serious things such as litigation. People naturally want to...
May 25, 2019
One thing that has been overlooked in the debate about EU membership is consumer protection and in particular the Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations implemented in the UK In 2015 and providing consumers with access to ADR. On Tuesday we are going to Brussels...
May 24, 2019
Theresa May 24 May 2019 For many years the great humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton – who saved the lives of hundreds of children by arranging their evacuation from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia through the Kindertransport – was my constituent in Maidenhead. At another...
May 19, 2019
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May 11, 2019
So, you have agreed to mediate or the Court has decided that you should consider it? You still have a choice, although refusing to take part might result in the Court making a costs order against you. A beautiful conference room at the civil justice centre In any...
May 11, 2019
Commercial lawyers often don’t think twice before including in contracts the standard dispute resolution clause which often refers the appointment of a mediator to CEDR in event of a dispute arising. I am not criticising this practice as #CEDR are a highly regarded...
