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In the debate on the countervailing pressures to return to normality and help the economy versus continuing to WFH where possible, where do we who are involved in mediations as …
Introduction Due to the coronavirus pandemic and current government restrictions face-to-face mediations are not currently possible. However, all our mediators are able to offer online mediation. This will enable clients …
It is sometimes said that the parties are in charge of the content at mediation and that the mediator is in charge of the process. On the standard mediation training …
Check out this superb EGi podcast in which our very own Jacqui Joyce goes head to head with Jonathan Seitler QC of Wilberforce Chambers on the merits of using mediation …
In our last post on this topic Jacqui Joyce and Peter Bourke outlined the proposals in the Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill, which if enacted, will establish a system …
In this post Gary Webber considers the role that fairness plays in mediation. Two brothers had at one time been great friends. So much so that they bought a commercial …
Parties are often anxious about joint meetings, and try to avoid them. This is completely natural. It takes some courage to go into the room with the person with whom …
The overall aim of a mediation is to reach a settlement. The strategy that the mediator will use will depend on whether he or she is an ‘evaluative’ mediator or …
The judge in this latest case (Bradley v Heslin) started off the judgment with the following words: “Rather to my surprise I find myself trying a case about a pair …
Costs are often a serious obstacle to settlement, even where everything else can be agreed. This is frequently because parties mediate so late in the day and get bogged down …