News from the Renouf Mediation website https://www.renoufmediation.com en-gb Copyright: (C) Renouf Mediation 2026 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:48:11 GMT Integrated Mediation - Churchill case will support but AI has (quite rightly) no view https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Does-AI-predict-the-outcome-of-Churchill-mediation Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT An appraisal of Renouf Mediation's progress in 2022/23 against the Mediators' Green Pledge https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Green-Pledge-Review-2023 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Extension of mediation to Small Claims Track and beyond will affect mediators and Court users. How https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/MoJ-Consultation-on-Mediation Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT An appraisal of Renouf Mediation's progress in 2021/22 against the Mediators' Green Pledge https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Green-Pledge-Review Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT Mediators should comment on the "stocktake" and mandatory "good faith" obligation https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Pre-Action-Protocols-Consultation-Deadline-21-1-22 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT Are the brave, brash front line soldiers of the law going to transform to accommodative Dispute Resolution Professionals? Rest Easy! https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Mandatory-Mediation-the-end-of-the-litigator Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT In short, the direction of travel is clear......there is now pro-active management towards resolution not adjudication. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Mandatory-Mediation-a-certain-view Wed, 04 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT Mediation Messenger interview: my role at Civil Mediation Council, mediation and CMC Members https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Meet-the-Drector Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT It is an indication of strength: a sign that a party has a settlement strategy. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Sorry-the-hardest-word Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT Mediation is more than a process to settle pre-existing disputes.   https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Mediation-an-aid-for-business Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT Patel a timely reminder of the Recommendations by CJC ADR Report https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/The-Burden-of-Judicial-hindsight-and-mediation Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT Five cases supporting mediation and anticipated changes to CPR mean that there are options for parties that cannot be ignored. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/New-Legal-Year-new-mediation-options Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT In this part we consider some practical guidance when attending the online joint meeting. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/The-New-Normal-Mediation-a-user-guide-Part-III Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT In this part we turn to the operations side and the practical issues to be considered before a mediation. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/AboutLatest-Blog-Posts Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT The opportunity for clients is how to adapt to make best use of the mediation in the “new normal”. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/The-New-Normal-Mediation-a-user-guide Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Businesses can focus on the demands of the future not the disputes of the past https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Covid-19-and-Mediation-delivering-for-the-Economy Tue, 12 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT A dozen reasons why. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/More-Mediation-in-2020-Certainly Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/ADR-in-the-New-Decade Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Paths to settlement will vary but parties will also need an ADR strategy from the outset. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Tactics-following-Court-of-Appeal-mandatory-ADR-or Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT The Overriding Objective will be a key argument for parties to advance https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/The-Overriding-Objective-and-ADR Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Moylan LJ observes that "the Court's engagement has progressed significantly" since the leading case on mediation was decided when ordering ADR https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Court-Orders-ADR-without-party-consent Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Mediation offers an essential tool to litigators within a FRC regime to achieve both client satisfaction and profitability. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Fixed-Recoverable-Costs-It-s-not-about-the-drill Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT ......the recommendations of the CJC in its report give parties to litigation a clear marker of the direction of travel. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Halsey-unreasonable-failure-to-mediate-to-be-revie Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT Will MoJ entertain changes to FRC figures recommended in July 2017 for an April 2020 commencement? https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Fixed-Recoverable-Costs-changes Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT ...for some organisations the extension could have an impact on business and pricing decisions already made. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Fixed-Recoverable-Costs-effective-now Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT The Consultation provides the opportunity for the legal profession not to wake up and smell but to wake up and sell the coffee! https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Wake-up-and-sell-the-coffee Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT An ADR strategy will be needed from outset as Courts appoint ADR liaison Committee https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Courts-to-insist-on-Mediation Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT Could there be a better way to resolve Brexit? A tale of another unresolved negotiation https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/A-Brexit-Negotiation-a-tale-of-former-times Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT The issues of costs and costs budgeting in context of new mediation recommendations by CJC https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Mediation-Works Wed, 06 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT Predictions about ADR in clinical negligence claims in 2019 for Temple Legal Protection https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Mediation-and-Dispute-Resolution-in-2019 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT The CJC suggested an alternative might be to introduce a Notice to Mediate procedure modelled on the British Columbia Notice to Mediate https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/N2M-2020-the-Notice-to-Mediate Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT 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? https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/New-ADR-Assumption Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT .......but it has to be anticipated that the judiciary will be more rigorous when looking at reasons to mediate and cases being prepared for issue in January 2019 should anticipate that change. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/More-New-Year-Resolution Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT The year ended with the CJC publishing it recommendations on ADR. The big question in this pre-Brexit period of governmental paralysis is whether anything will happen? https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/New-Year-Resolution Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT Perhaps you would be better prepared to advise clients when reading the CJC Report by posing to yourself the question: “What if mediation were mandatory?” https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/CJC-Final-ADR-Report-Planning-for-mandatory-mediat Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT I thought it interesting to share some preliminary ideas as to what might comprise a mediation checklist. What are the factors that might provide an indicator that mediation might be considered as a settlement tool? I thought it interesting to share some preliminary ideas as to what might comprise a mediation checklist. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Managing-Mediation Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT This latest survey [raises] significant "A2J" issues (or "A2R" - access to resolution) and should provide food for thought for the CMC, CJC and other policymakers. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/CEDR-Audit-2018-the-A2J-issue Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT Other parts of the speech.....confirm a significant shift in the approach of the judiciary to civil litigation. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Lord-Chief-Justice-modernisation-resolution-and-me Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT ........there is Government support for reforms that extend to most areas of civil justice and which would have a significant impact on lawyers, clients and the future provision of litigation services. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/MoJ-Keen-on-more-Fixed-Costs-QOCS Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT Earlier this month I attended the Civil Justice Council which held a workshop to discuss the interim recommendations and responses....... https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Mandatory-Automatic-Mediation Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT For my part the key issue that should lie at the heart of the workshop and any recommendations is to determine what the clients want? https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/What-does-the-ADR-consumer-want-A-key-question-for Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT The Civil Justice Council will not have been short of reading matter over the Christmas break as it considers the various responses to its ADR Consultation. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution-the-CJC-explores-th Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT The deliberate use of the word “maximised” confirms that, in the view of the senior Judiciary the question to be addressed is not whether or not ADR should be used but how much and how often... https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/MAXIMISING-ADR-A-ONE-WAY-STREET Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT The UK civil courts have embarked on a transformative journey that is part evolutionary, part revolutionary and inevitably partly digital. In this brief article I will outline those changes that incorporate longstanding judicial support for ADR......... https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Building-ADR-in-to-Civil-Justice-Reform Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT At midnight on 11 August 2017 the insurers' faithful servant expired: the last commercial insurance policy based on the Marine Insurance Act 1906 ended and on renewal the Insurance Act 2015 applied. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Insurance-Act-Anniversary-No-news-is Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT With Parliament taking a break for the summer we now have to wait until the Autumn for the Bill that will provide the legal underpinning of the changes to UK motor insurance that anticipates the introduction of autonomous vehicles. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Autonomous-vehicles-the-Bank-of-England-takes-a-Pr Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT The Airmic Conference this year (June 2017) saw the publication of a paper considering the experience of practitioners in the ten months since implementation of the Insurance https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Insurance-Act-the-first-issues-to-be-decided Sun, 02 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT I was fortunate to attend the Airmic Conference (discussing mediation - amongst other things) and to be in the audience in Birmingham just a few days after the General Election to hear Andrew Marr's thoughts on the outcome and the campaigns themselves. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Andrew-Marr-Mediation-Corbyn-and-the-Maybot Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT Today, Star Wars Day, May the fourth 2017, marks the completion of the reform of UK insurance law that commenced in the middle of the noughties when the Law Commission picked up the task of reforming the Marine Insurance Act 1906. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Creative-Controversy-late-payment-and-the-FCA Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT The letter to be delivered on Wednesday to the European Commission will have the most profound consequences for this country: https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Brexit-the-return-of-the-Italian-Torpedo Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT In exactly six months, on 4 May 2017, the final piece of the Insurance Act 2015 jigsaw falls in to place when the “late payment” implied term will apply to all policies entered into after that date. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/Insurers-Empty-Promise Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT It is of course very early days in the history of the Insurance Act. Day 61 since implementation and a long way to go before it approaches the nearly 40,000 day life span of its predecessor. https://www.renoufmediation.com/News/A-market-for-lemons-the-Insurance-Act-2015 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT