Sep 26, 2016
Mediation will become the cultural norm when the new online court dealing with all monetary claims up to £25,000 becomes reality, Lord Justice Briggs has predicted. Briggs told the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ mediation symposium that his recommendation for a...
Sep 22, 2016
It was recently reported that women are complaining about being forced to wear high heels to work. Slater & Gordon carried out a study which showed a sizeable proportion of women in particular feel pressurised into wearing clothes they do not feel comfortable...
Sep 22, 2016
We are pleased to report that we have been appointed as ADR provider to the members of the Northern Bookmakers’ Protection Association, or British Racecourse Bookmakers’ Association. Promediate is one of the providers authorised to provide this...
Sep 17, 2016
Good customer service increasingly involves good Alternative Dispute Resolution. All businesses are required to signpost to ADR when a complaint can’t be resolved, but to a certified ADR provider like ProMediate. Those ADR providers have been given the...
Sep 15, 2016
According to research, published this week, from Norton Rose Fulbright, multinational corporations are braced for an ever-increasing chance of being sued with at least a quarter anticipating the volume of business disputes to rise over the next year Disputes over...
Sep 15, 2016
The Government has announced a consultation on transforming the civil justice system, bringing in new technology and the online Court. Moreover, they clearly want to increase mediation to avoid parties going to Court. “We live in a society where you can...
Sep 13, 2016
It has been announced that the Solicitors Regulation Authority wants to publicise more information about firms’ and solicitors’ past mistakes. This would be another reason to try to mediate, and ProMediate can help as it is authorised to deal with complaints...
Sep 12, 2016
I am proud to say that the second edition of the Jackson ADR Handbook has been published! We were involved in the editorial board. Let us help you to find a mediator and put it into practice! The Jackson ADR Handbook was created following recommendations by...
Sep 9, 2016
We are all Claimants now! News of the biggest consumer class action case in UK history on behalf of us all. The claim alleges that MasterCard imposed illegal charges on consumers worth £14 billion. The documents served are 600 pages long. The claim has been...
Sep 7, 2016
PROBLEMS AT WORK: “I LIKE THE JOB, IT’S THE PEOPLE…” Most of us will experience this at some point in our working lives, I know I have. It can take many forms and sometimes creep up on us before we know it. For example, the obvious and sadly all too common stress...
