Mar 24, 2017
The NHS Litigation Authority will change its name to NHS Resolution from 1 April. The health secretary said the plans are part of the department’s ambition to improve safety and learn from avoidable deaths. Hunt said: ‘I can inform the house that the NHS Litigation...
Mar 23, 2017
What Happens to Your Mortgage if You Divorce? – By Jessica Walter http://www.money.co.uk/mortgages/what-divorce-means-for-your-mortgage.htm Divorce is stressful no matter the circumstances, but one of the biggest causes of stress is wondering what will...
Mar 21, 2017
Grasp the Debt Nettle – New Debt Pre-Action Protocol offers procedural lifeline to debtors and encourages use of Alternative Dispute Resolution The New Debt Pre-action Protocol comes into effect on 1 October 2017. Creditors will be surprised to see that...
Mar 15, 2017
Dress codes can be a minefield for employers as the Dorchester Hotel proved last year with its insistence on a specific dress code. This year, the issue of religious dress has reared its head again. Employers are entitled to ban workers from wearing Islamic...
Mar 9, 2017
High Court overturns costs judge ruling that holiday claimants should have used ABTA mediation scheme Holiday: mere presence of ADR scheme does not mean you have to use it, says court Claimants who litigate instead of using an available ADR scheme are not...
Mar 7, 2017
Nearly a fifth of British adults with legal problems do not seek professional advice, a government study has revealed. Only 9% use mediation and conciliation. 79% had not considered it at all. Therefore it is obvious from this survey that mediation has a long...
Feb 27, 2017
At the moment conflict is institutionalised in the divorce process. This means that in order to get a divorce couples have to raise issues of unreasonable conduct, adultery or have lived apart for 5 years. This automatically turns the process away from a conscious...
Feb 12, 2017
Sometimes, a confrontational approach to workplace disputes does not achieve the best outcome. It was standing-room only at the Civil Mediation Council (CMC) (of which ProMediate is a board member) workplace mediation conference – “Save Time, Save Money, Save Stress:...
Feb 6, 2017
The Federation of Small Business focuses on alternative dispute resolution http://www.fsb.org.uk/docs/default-source/fsb-org-uk/newsbrief-feb-2017.pdf?sfvrsn=0
Feb 1, 2017
Controversial charges imposed on employment claims have succeeded in shifting actions away from tribunals and into conciliation. In a review the Ministry of Justice said that the imposition of fees in 2013 had “broadly met its objectives”. Sir Oliver...
