Nov 29, 2016
Civil Mediation Council (CMC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Eileen Pereira as its new chief executive. Eileen takes up the post in January 2017 following a restructure of the organisation. Eileen comes to CMC with extensive experience in the charitable...
Nov 25, 2016
Law firms are woefully slack in sticking to litigation budgets, a survey has revealed. Just 2 per cent of costs draftsmen, say they routinely work with solicitors that always adhered to their budgets. Nearly a quarter of costs lawyers exceeded their budgets in...
Nov 22, 2016
It is often the case that a Claimant has a claim against more than one party and they want to settle one claim and reserve the right to pursue another. The Court of Appeal has held that a Claimant’s previous settlement with a contract breaker did not discharge...
Nov 19, 2016
During a week when the inevitable passing of time has been in the news we explain how we can cryogenically freeze your contractual dispute. People are often in a rush to start proceedings, not least when a time limit applies: for example in defamation claims there is...
Nov 14, 2016
Limits on the costs that lawyers can recover in cases under £250,000 are likely to be implemented following Jackson LJ’s review, leading to an incentive to resolve claims earlier so as to avoid exhausting costs budgets. Sir Rupert Jackson is to review...
Nov 7, 2016
The HMCTS reforms, Court increases and the advent of the Online Court are threatening the existence of the Courts and Tribunals. The rise of an online justice system could put judges out of business in the wake of the march of the “robotic”...
Nov 4, 2016
A multi-million pound gambling dispute has ended up in Court A casino in London has defeated a claim from one of the world’s leading gamblers who alleged he been unfairly branded a cheat and was entitled to recover £7.8 million in winnings. Phil Ivey, an...
Nov 1, 2016
There has been an increase in the number of claims against solicitors going to Court. This would appear to indicate a failure by lawyers to use ADR and mediation to resolve claims at an early stage. Since October 2015 lawyers have been under a duty to inform clients...
Nov 1, 2016
If you you are a consumer having difficulty getting a business to use ADR, or an individual in dispute with any other party, we can contact them ourselves using our mediation set up service. If they refuse to use ADR then we can issue you with a...
Oct 31, 2016
Travel agents last week called for a crackdown after seeing rising levels of claims from holidaymakers who have become ill on holiday. The Association of British Travel Agents blamed ‘aggressive sales practices of some claims management companies’ for a ‘significant’...
