A report from Just Costs solicitors derived from a study of 120 cases it dealt with, claims that Lawyers are exceeding their costs budgets in Civil law cases and overspending in the vast majority of cases. Spending overruns affected nearly 90 per cent of cases where...
Please see attached the latest edition of the GMCC magazine which includes an article by ourselves on mediation. http://www.53degreesmagazine.co.uk/archive/2016-06/pubData/mobile/index.htm
We have now heard that having rejected an offer of £1.2m, Eva Carneiro has settled her claim before giving evidence and after Jose Mourinho turned up at the Employment Tribunal. Apparently Ms Carneiro was about to expand her sexism allegations to refer to texts and...
I am very much hoping that we don’t vote for a divorce from the EU without first trying to negotiate with our EU partners if there are issues that need addressing. To me, the relationship does not appear to have broken down so much that we should lose the...
A Senior Costs Judge has halved “reasonable” bill under proportionality rule in BNM v MGN Limited [2016] EWHC B13 (Costs). Even then, the costs of a claim which settled for £20,000 came to over £167,000, illustrating the risks of litigation that can be avoided through...
The EU referendum is turning friend against friend. What could only be described as a workplace dispute has arisen between the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor and Boris Johnson. An inadvertent tweet has also turned the Labour Party against McBride. Perhaps this is...
The recording of the APPG on ADR at which Peter Causton spoke to MPs about consumer ADR is now available – You can find it on YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WqAWg0oZf6M
ProMediate is in favour of staying in the EU. Leaving would be bananas. We are in favour of the EU’s efforts to increase ADR in the EU and the UK and the improvements in civil procedure throughout the EU, like the EU small claims procedure and the ADR...
With thanks to the Times. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service has never generated the same strong emotions in the popular psyche as, say, the National Health Service. Nonetheless, the right to treatment from the state and the right to justice are equally...
The BBC has reported that a consultant doctor has expressed the view that more disputes between patients and doctors could be dealt with through mediation. Everyone has heard of the case of Ayasha King, for example, when a disagreement over treatment of a brain tumour...
