Jan 6, 2016
We have received the following information from the EU about the EU Platform due to be implemented by all Businesses selling online goods or services from 15 February. Regarding the launch of the ODR platform, we would like to inform you that the Commissioner...
Jan 6, 2016
In the latest edition of “Solicitors@Risk”, Zurich Financial Lines, which is a professional indemnity insurer for many firms of solicitors, warns solicitors to comply with the ADR Directive and to name a certified ADR entity, including specifically...
Dec 30, 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, what were the highlights for mediation during the year and what do we have to look forward to in 2016? An E-Court portal in every shopping centre? 2015 2015 was a momentous year for civil litigation and there was no sign of changes...
Dec 29, 2015
As as the new year approaches what next for ADR? It will be an exciting year with Court reforms and the introduction of the Online Dispute Resolution Platform from 15 February. Not many businesses realise but they will be obliged to provide a link to the platform on...
Dec 29, 2015
Following the implementation of the ADR Directive, retailers and traders are often faced with a choice between putting forward a mediation or ombudsman ADR entity to customers with unresolved complaints and whether to use either. Ombudsmen are publicising themselves...
Dec 27, 2015
As as the new year approaches what next for ADR? It will be an exciting year with Court reforms and the introduction of the Online Dispute Resolution Platform from 15 February. Not many businesses realise but they will be obliged to provide a link to the platform on...
Dec 24, 2015
Scotland’s solicitors’ profession has officially turned female as the Law Society in Edinburgh announced yesterday that women outnumbered men in practice. 51 per cent of the 11,000 solicitors are women. An unspoken issue with civil and commercial mediation...
Dec 24, 2015
Christmas time is an ideal time to put aside conflicts, bury hatchets and sit around the table with relatives and friends, putting aside any arguments. One soldier’s story of doing this by sharing ‘cigs, jam and corn beef’ with Germans in the First...
Dec 23, 2015
They do things differently down under. There is an element of compulsion in some states to include obtaining a certificate of reasonable steps to prove to the Court that you have tried ADR. It is hoped that Lord Justice Briggs adopts some of their practices when he...
Dec 23, 2015
It may well be that many Court buildings will be closed in the near future. The fact is that the British public don’t trust the legal system and feel frustrated by it, research has found so they may not be too disappointed if there are alternatives available. The...
