Nov 24, 2015
“Never work with children or animals” – so goes the old showbiz adage! (Although Liz Taylor famously remarked “some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.”) When a frivolous complaint is made what are your obligations? Some...
Nov 24, 2015
The EU Online Dispute Resoltion Portal was meant to come into being on 9 January 2016 but is now delayed until 15 February 2016! This gives businesses more time to comply and add a link to their websites….This follows the delay in the implementation of...
Nov 22, 2015
A ProMediate team took part in the Conway half marathon on Sunday 22 November 2016. It was a gruelling course but the team did well on the steep slopes of the Great Orme. We put the same energy in to resolving disputes, always going the extra mile. Contrary to...
Nov 20, 2015
Expedite Resolution are set to launch a new panel to provide mediation on disputes on a multitude of issues in the construction industry. Established in 2012, the Company already offers high quality, cost effective mediation and dispute resolution services in...
Nov 20, 2015
At his annual press conference on 17 November 2015 the Lord Chief Justice was talking about the Court reforms and said that the reforms “will also enable us to provide in-court mediation in the process of deciding a case.” We can only assume that he was...
Nov 20, 2015
The Courts have to be flexible when it comes to “litigants in person” or as I prefer to call them: “litigants.” A new civil procedure rule CPR 3.1a) expressly enables the judge to take over questioning of witnesses, for example. It goes...
Nov 20, 2015
When is it acceptable for a mediator to help the parties draft a settlement agreement? This is an issue which occurs to us following the case of Minkin v Landsberg. In this case, the defendant solicitor was instructed to put into an acceptable form the terms of a...
Nov 19, 2015
In respect of many problems in the world at the moment, all roads seem to lead to Damascus. Meeting in Vienna the day after the Paris attacks, Russia, the United States and powers from Europe and the Middle East agreed on a two-year timeline leading to Syrian national...
Nov 19, 2015
Mediation is frequently used in workplace and employment disputes and there is an obligation to use ACAS in tribunal proceedings. It is no surprise then that it is reported that Jeremy Hunt is under pressure to mediate the junior doctors dispute before their series of...
Nov 19, 2015
I recently took part in the Hell Run for the seventh time. The motto on the medal was “tough times never last but tough people do” which made me think how difficult times have been for people and businesses since the recession started in around...
