LATEST BLOG POSTS
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Wednesday 12 October 2022 MoJ Consultation on Mediation Extension of mediation to Small Claims Track and beyond will affect mediators and Court users. How
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Thursday 7 July 2022 Green Pledge - Review An appraisal of Renouf Mediation's progress in 2021/22 against the Mediators' Green Pledge
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Monday 10 January 2022 Pre-Action Protocols Consultation: Deadline-21/1/22 Mediators should comment on the "stocktake" and mandatory "good faith" obligation
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Monday 1 November 2021 Mandatory Mediation: the end of the litigator Are the brave, brash front line soldiers of the law going to transform to accommodative Dispute Resolution Professionals? Rest Easy!
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Wednesday 4 August 2021 Mandatory Mediation - a certain view In short, the direction of travel is clear......there is now pro-active management towards resolution not adjudication.
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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Meet the Director Mediation Messenger interview: my role at Civil Mediation Council, mediation and CMC Members
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Wednesday 7 April 2021 Sorry: the hardest word It is an indication of strength: a sign that a party has a settlement strategy.
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Monday 29 March 2021 Mediation: an aid for business Mediation is more than a process to settle pre-existing disputes.
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Thursday 14 January 2021 The Burden of Judicial hindsight and mediation Patel a timely reminder of the Recommendations by CJC ADR Report
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Monday 14 September 2020 New Legal Year: new mediation options Five cases supporting mediation and anticipated changes to CPR mean that there are options for parties that cannot be ignored.
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Thursday 2 July 2020 The New Normal Mediation: a user guide Part III In this part we consider some practical guidance when attending the online joint meeting.
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Thursday 25 June 2020 The New Normal Mediation: a user guide Part II In this part we turn to the operations side and the practical issues to be considered before a mediation.
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Thursday 18 June 2020 The New Normal Mediation: a user guide The opportunity for clients is how to adapt to make best use of the mediation in the “new normal”.
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Tuesday 12 May 2020 Covid 19 and Mediation:delivering for the Economy Businesses can focus on the demands of the future not the disputes of the past
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Wednesday 18 December 2019 ADR in the New Decade Mediation can deliver things which go beyond compensation, which is so important when we look at what our research tells us about why people pursue claims.
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Wednesday 9 October 2019 Tactics following Court of Appeal mandatory ADR order Paths to settlement will vary but parties will also need an ADR strategy from the outset.
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Wednesday 25 September 2019 The Overriding Objective and ADR The Overriding Objective will be a key argument for parties to advance
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Tuesday 3 September 2019 Court Orders ADR without party consent Moylan LJ observes that "the Court's engagement has progressed significantly" since the leading case on mediation was decided when ordering ADR
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Wednesday 5 June 2019 Fixed Recoverable Costs: It’s not about the drill Mediation offers an essential tool to litigators within a FRC regime to achieve both client satisfaction and profitability.
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Saturday 11 May 2019 Halsey - unreasonable failure to mediate to be reviewed ......the recommendations of the CJC in its report give parties to litigation a clear marker of the direction of travel.
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Monday 29 April 2019 Fixed Recoverable Costs - changes? Will MoJ entertain changes to FRC figures recommended in July 2017 for an April 2020 commencement?
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Friday 12 April 2019 Fixed Recoverable Costs: effective now? ...for some organisations the extension could have an impact on business and pricing decisions already made.
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Friday 5 April 2019 Wake up and sell the coffee! The Consultation provides the opportunity for the legal profession not to wake up and smell but to wake up and sell the coffee!
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Tuesday 19 March 2019 Courts to insist on Mediation An ADR strategy will be needed from outset as Courts appoint ADR liaison Committee
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Wednesday 20 February 2019 A Brexit Negotiation - a tale of former times Could there be a better way to resolve Brexit? A tale of another unresolved negotiation
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Wednesday 6 February 2019 Mediation Works The issues of costs and costs budgeting in context of new mediation recommendations by CJC
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Thursday 17 January 2019 Mediation and Dispute Resolution in 2019 Predictions about ADR in clinical negligence claims in 2019 for Temple Legal Protection
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Tuesday 15 January 2019 #N2M 2020 - the Notice to Mediate The CJC suggested an alternative might be to introduce a Notice to Mediate procedure modelled on the British Columbia Notice to Mediate
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Thursday 3 January 2019 New Year Irresolution It is clear that there is going to need to be greater consideration at an earlier stage of the ADR options. Will you be ready?
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