In an interview with The Law Society Gazette, published on 12 August, Lord McNally, the minister at the Department of Justice, is reported as saying: “Mediation is usually quicker and …
In some styles of mediation, particularly community mediation, it is usual for the mediator to meet the parties before the actual mediation. Some commercial mediators also have pre-mediation meetings. This …
The Court of Appeal has ruled on a solicitor’s duty at mediation, in Frost v Wake Smith reported 19 June 2013. A party to a mediation complained that his solicitor …
When mediators are trained and accredited, we are encouraged to have a joint session, if not at the beginning of, then at least early on in, the mediation. However experience …
With sea changes in the world of costs for litigating, brought into force in April 2013, parties would do well to remind themselves of the benefits of avoiding the courts …
The answer given by the Court of Appeal in 2004, in Halsey v Milton Keynes was, “No”. However things may have changed. One of the bench in Halsey was Sir …