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Can Mediation Deliver “Justice”?
Can Mediation Deliver Justice? Reflections on Bill Marsh’s UCL Lecture on Grenfell Tower, Bosnia and the Limits of Dispute Resolution I recently attended a powerful and thought-provoking lecture hosted by the UCL Centre for Dispute Resolution, at which Bill Marsh...
When Every Fence Becomes a Flashpoint: The Tragedy of Britain’s Boundary Disputes
By Peter Causton With thanks to reporting by the Daily Mail The Daily Mail this week reported a bleak and deeply troubling story: a 77-year-old pensioner, Jenny Field, evicted from her £420,000 home after losing a five-year legal battle with her neighbour over a strip...
To mediate or not to mediate?
Mediation, Interim Relief, and Costs Discipline in Heavy Commercial Chancery Litigation: Lessons from Gable Insurance AG v Dewsall & Ors [2025] EWHC 3399 (Ch) The decision in [2025] EWHC 3399 (Ch) (Vos DJ, 23 December 2025) is formally a costs...