Date: Wednesday 17 June 2020 at 1:00pm to 2:00pm Like many people, the working life of a dispute lawyer has been turned upside down in the last few months. Long-established ways of working have been disrupted, and early indications are that many disputes have gone into hibernation...
Quite rightly most people think of a mediation as being part of a legal process and it is in that mechanism by which a legally binding solution can be achieved. However, it does not have to necessarily be part of a wider legal process. As...
The recent case of Ohpen Operations UK Limited v Invesco Managers Limited provided further guidance on the (increasingly) common issue of the effect of a commercial contract imposing an obligation on parties to exhaust contractual dispute resolution processes before any court or arbitration proceedings can...
Many in today’s world think that every dispute should or could be resolved by mediation and in truth that may be the case but there can be challenges. Black or White? On the basis that normally mediation involves a degree of compromise, there can be situations where...
I have had a spate of mediations recently relating to parties in the latter stages of their lives. A number of issues arise in these situations, that mark them out as cases where extra considerations may need to be borne in mind at the mediation. ...
Recent statistics indicate 67% of mediations settle on the day and a further 19% soon after. However, representatives and parties often experience difficulties in achieving settlement at some point during their mediation. The mediator’s key role is to help the parties achieve settlement in their dispute....