Jul 15, 2018
Theresa May has revealed that Donald Trumpadvised her to “sue the European Union” rather than negotiate with the 27-country bloc, in a private conversation that the US president referred to during his visit to the UK on Friday. May said: “He told me I should sue the...
Jul 13, 2018
In its annual report, the Chief Executive of NHSR explains that use of mediation has increased. She says that “In year one of our strategy we set challenging targets to: increase the use of mediation in healthcare; reduce the number of cases going into court...
Jul 12, 2018
The number of commercial mediations rose by a fifth last year and £11.5 billion worth of claims were handled, an audit has found. London’s Centre for Dispute Resolution, which conducted the audit, said that 12,000 commercial mediations – excluding those...
Jul 2, 2018
ProMediate’s accredited mediator training course *(applying for registered status from CMC) will be held on the following dates: Our next course dates 2018 Location – Manchester October 9,10,11 – Training Module October 17, 18 – Assessment Module 2019 Location...
Jul 1, 2018
Civil Mediation Council -Accredited mediation course ProMediate provides an exceptional value Civil Mediation Council registered mediation training courses (approved by the CMC) to enable you to become an accredited mediator. Our 5-day mediation training course,...
Jul 1, 2018
MP back plan for ombudsman to resolve new homes disputes The government is under pressure to set up an independent ombudsman with the power to order housebuilders to pay out up to £50,000 or even reverse a sale, following reports of new-home buyers lumbered with...
Jun 29, 2018
I am attending a #CivilJusticeCouncil event today as part of the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The Government yesterday published its Initial Assessment, going into the review –...
Jun 29, 2018
As well as conducting mediations in Civil and Commercial disputes, ProMediate is a certified ADR Provider dealing with Consumer disputes under the ADR Regulations. We are pleased to announce that another business organisation, HETAS, has signed up for its members to...
Jun 20, 2018
Many people think that they won’t have to pay the other party’s costs in a small claims court case (Claims under £10,000) but if they lose they do have to pay the other party’s court fees and expenses. In fact there is a risk that the Court will penalise a party even...
Jun 13, 2018
I attended the inaugural ADR Assembly in Brussels on 11/12 June 2018. It was a gathering of EU wide ADR providers and an opportunity to network and to learn how the ADR Directive has been implemented in other member states as well as Iceland and Lichtenstein. We were...