Mar 28, 2016
Businesses can reduce their legal spend by mediating instead of litigating and including mediation dispute resolution clauses in their contracts. The savings for businesses can be large. Instead of paying lawyers’ fees and Court costs, a mediation can be...
Mar 24, 2016
There is perhaps nothing more unedifying to witness than two parents battling over residence of their children. This has been demonstrated in the case of Madonna and her ex husband Guy Ritchie. The Court when giving judgment hammered this home when it said that: For...
Mar 22, 2016
This case demonstrates the perils that await litigants who fail to make part 36 offers or to mediate cases before costs increase to a level that makes settlement next to impossible. In this case the Court awarded Mr Burrell the princely sum of £5,000. However, as a...
Mar 21, 2016
One of the most common types of dispute that arise are workplace disputes between employers and employees. In 2013 the fees for issuing a tribunal claim increased and as a result claims have dropped. Parties are more likely to try to settle their claims through ACAS....
Mar 17, 2016
The Legal Ombudsman has announced that alternative dispute resolution methods should be used more widely to resolve arguments between clients and their lawyers. Currently lawyers have to signpost to the Legal Ombudsman and also to a certified ADR entity like...
Mar 15, 2016
Spring is is an ideal time to consider mediation for any tricky claims or complaints that you have. We have just received the quarterly statistics from the Court service for October to December. The number of claims being dealt with appears fairly static but...
Mar 15, 2016
It was announced on 15 March that 300 institutional investors in Volkswagen have filed a multi-billion dollar suit against the carmaker for what they claim were breaches of its stock market duty in the emissions cheating scandal. The lawsuit claims damages of €3.3bn...
Mar 15, 2016
Whilst some retailers and law firms are rightly embracing the ADR Directive, alternative dispute resolution, and agreeing to mediate their disputes, some large retailers are failing to do so and are treading a fine line in relation to compliance and risking reputation...
Mar 10, 2016
ProMediate has set up a new dispute management service with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. This comes at a time of great change when the focus of litigation is going to change towards problem solving rather than adversarial arguments. Problem to be solved...
Mar 8, 2016
UK Mediation Awareness Week (MAW)_10-17 October 2016 The UK Working Group have set the date for the inaugural MAW, to coincide with the MAW in Ireland. All interested mediation groups, bodies and individuals are invited to “save the date” and watch out for...
