The appeal in PGF II SA v OMFS Company 1 Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 1288, raised for the first time the question of what should be the response of the …
You think you have prepared well for the mediation – think again. Jacqui Joyce looks at what is actually helpful. The usual scenario Provide the mediator with all the documents …
I did a mediation last week that went like a dream. I’m not going to claim any credit – well not too much! It was the parties and their representatives …
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 …