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Why it’s wise to mediate
A recent case casts light on the Courts’ approach to penalising parties who do not respond to invitations to mediate. Proposing mediation (and replying properly): the costs lesson from Gable Insurance AG (in liquidation) v Dewsall & Ors [2025] EWHC 3399 (Ch)...
Early Mediation
The Grenfell Tower litigation: early mediation, disclosure, and a pragmatic approach to costs A short procedural ruling in the Grenfell Tower litigation provides a careful illustration of how the courts continue to encourage sensible engagement with mediation, even in...
Lifting the lid on mediation
When the curtain lifts on a mediation: Boghossian v IOP and the limits of “mediation privilege” Most of the time, what happens in a mediation stays in the mediation. That promise of confidentiality is the oxygen of candid negotiation: parties can float ideas, make...