Jan 19, 2018
Regarding mediation and costs budgets, mediation does not fall within the ADR phase of the budget. It has to be included as a contingency. Annex B to PD 3E says this.
Jan 17, 2018
Hilary Benn, the chairman of the Committee on Exiting the European Union, said: “This is probably going to be the first negotiation in human history in which a government has gone into the negotiation knowing that it will come out with a worse deal than the one...
Jan 11, 2018
It is reported that couples now spend an average of £14,561 on legal and lifestyle costs when they divorce or separate, new figures show. The average bill for a relationship break-up has risen by 17 per cent since 2014, fuelled by rising legal fees for resolving...
Dec 15, 2017
Dec 15, 2017
Do you have a problem with a tall hedge or trees on your neighbours’ land? Is it blocking out your light and drying up your garden? You can apply for a remedial order from the Council following the procedure set out:...
Dec 12, 2017
Please see below a link to our article on mediation developments Merry Christmas to...
Dec 12, 2017
The latest round of statistics show that litigants are having to wait longer to get to a final hearing. From July to September this year, the Ministry of Justice reported that 560,000 claims were issued in the county court – the second highest quarterly figure since...
Dec 4, 2017
Once again the UK government has demonstrated how not to negotiate. First lesson from 4 December is that before a negotiation meeting, it is always important to know your own position and have authority to settle. Otherwise you could end up being the laughing stock...
Dec 2, 2017
Quite apart from the general advantages of mediation, clinical negligence claims are ideally suited to mediation as they involve injured people who are seeking redress and don’t want to wait for years to obtain compensation through the stressful, formal Court...
Nov 25, 2017
CMC Response to CJC Consultation On the 17th October 2017, the Working Group of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) published a 98-page interim report on ADR and its place within the civil justice system. The report concluded with a set of recommendations and initiated a...
