Oct 10, 2016
In the second of our articles during mediation awareness week, we refer to a survey on the business of law publisher by Lexis Nexis. The survey found that lawyers did not appreciate that they work in a service industry and clients do not agree with them that they...
Sep 30, 2016
The facts speak for themselves · 52% of the public think more highly of a business that handles complaints effectively; · 43% would feel more confident in a company that offered access to a dispute resolution service, such as an ombudsman scheme; · 26% would be more...
Sep 30, 2016
ProMediate can supply mediators for all your firm’s mediation needs, at a discount. We have mediators specialising in all areas, including: Trusts, Wills and Contentious Probate Commercial Litigation Neighbour Disputes Workplace and Employment...
Sep 28, 2016
Court reforms continue and in a paper published on 28 September 2016 the plans to transform the criminal, civil, family Courts and tribunals were announced. This includes the following: Our reforms will promote the full range of methods of settling disputes more...
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...
