May 17, 2018
The number of county court judgments (CCJs) registered against consumers reached new heights this year, latest figures show. According to figures published on 17 May 2018 during the first three months of 2018 there were 305,877 judgments registered, more than double...
May 9, 2018
National Mediation Awards 2018 This year’s National Mediation Awards takes place on 9th October in London. Please put the event in your diaries – more details to follow.
May 9, 2018
Mediation Audit for Mediators – deadline extended until Friday 11th May The Mediation Audit for Mediators is now open until 11th May and is available here. The audit is conducted by CEDR once every two years, in partnership with the CMC and the CPR Institute in New...
May 5, 2018
We are here to help you deal with any consumer dispute that arises after you have dealt with it through your internal complaints process. Businesses are increasingly understanding that their are very good commercial reasons for offering to deal with a complaint...
Apr 26, 2018
Herbert Smith Freehills have published a useful guide to dispute resolution clauses: Dispute resolution clauses: Putting yourself in the best position by Litigation team All too often, dispute resolution clauses may be treated as part of the boilerplate: the usual...
Apr 24, 2018
In Williams v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy [2018] EWCA Civ 852 the Court of Appeal considered the issue of the personal injury protocol and fixed costs. It was held that CPR 44 has sufficient width to enable a court to order...
Apr 22, 2018
Mediation Services ProMediate offers two types of mediation services: Face to face, telephone and online mediation on a fixed fee basis for claims valued at over £10,000, generally to solicitors and litigants in person whose disputes are proceeding in Court. We also...
Apr 12, 2018
The Government is seeking views on consumer redress and ADR by 4 July. Consumers should be able to avoid ‘costly court hearings’ through better access to high quality alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, a government consultation on moderinising...
Apr 6, 2018
Quicker way to resolve claim disputes launched online The new service, introduced by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), can be used to start a claim against anyone in England and Wales, and provides a quicker, more user-friendly way to start an action in the...
Apr 5, 2018
Our chief mediator, Peter Causton, has been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Mediator panel. Sport Resolutions say that they are: “an independent, not-for-profit, dispute resolution service for sport based in the United Kingdom. We were established by the main...
