Feb 23, 2016
Last week saw Virgin Galactic unveil their new spaceship VSS Unity Spaceship II. ProMediate also announced its link up with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, for whom we are operating a dispute management service. Each week we highlight a business sector...
Feb 23, 2016
Between 40% – 50% of marriages end in divorce. For cohabitees the statistics are worse. We joined the EU on 1 January 1973. It has been a turbulent but ultimately stable relationship, but will we reach the golden wedding anniversary in 2023? We are the ones who...
Feb 22, 2016
Many businesses are finding that mediation is a more cost efficient way of resolving disputes. The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has launched a dispute management service with mediation at its heart. Businesses can now easily find a way through the litigation...
Feb 20, 2016
Following the formal introduction of the European Union Consumer ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Directive last July- and with the start of the new European ODR Platform on 15 February ProMediate, one of Europe’s foremost mediation dispute resolution service...
Feb 19, 2016
Legal Futures has suggested that the new online Court proposal should be made more radical by introducing a new “digital mediation” process. Lord Justice Briggs last month published his interim report on the structure of the civil courts in England and...
Feb 18, 2016
Weightmans Solicitors which advises on regulatory issues in respect of law firms has advised members of the Manchester Law Society to update their websites to include the ODR EU Platform link. Law firms are caught by changes to EU regulations and are required to amend...
Feb 18, 2016
There is no longer a “near miss” rule for part 36 offers, appeal judges have made clear as they overturned a High Court decision which seemed to suggest that there was one. Lord Justice Tomlinson said Mr Justice Eder’s decision was “outside the bounds of reasonable...
Feb 17, 2016
“So……litigate, mediate or both?” A FOIL ADR and Mediation Sector Focus Team Roundtable Discussion 11:00 Tuesday 8th March 2015 Weightmans Exchequer Court, 33 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AA The FOIL Sector Focus Team for ADR and Mediation invites you to join insurers,...
Feb 17, 2016
The Law Society has called on the Legal Ombudsman to give firms two ‘free cases’ per year, and consider exempting those acting pro bono from paying fees. Previously the ombudsman exempted firms from having to pay fees for the first two complaints it...
Feb 16, 2016
The High Court has awarded a claimant indemnity costs where the defendant conceded liability shortly before a split trial, having previously refused the claimant’s Part 36 offer to accept liability for 95% of damages to be assessed: Jockey Club Racecourse...
