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Mediation: Time to fly? Premium Content
From encouragement to compulsion? Mediation in English civil justice after Churchill by Bryan Clark & Zora Kizilyurek
19 January 2024 / Zora Kizilyurek / Bryan Clark
NLJ this week: Churchill mediation mega-case leaves ‘stones unturned’
The Churchill v Merthyr Borough Council case has clarified the position on judge-mandated mediation—or has it?
19 January 2024
Reasons to be cheerful, Pt 3 Premium Content
Stephen Shaw busts some mediation myths & explains why it’s preferable to ‘litigatory roulette’
01 December 2023 / Stephen Shaw
Churchill clarifies mediation order conundrum
Courts can order parties to engage in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, the Court of Appeal has clarified
30 November 2023
Taming the green-eyed monster Premium Content
Getting justice or getting even? Stephen Shaw examines the role of jealousy in settling disputes & how best to tackle it
10 November 2023 / Stephen Shaw
NLJ this week: Mandatory mediation—unneeded in commercial claims?
Compulsory mediation sounds like an oxymoron to the uninitiated, but is a serious government proposal. In this week’s NLJ, Catherine Penny, partner at Stevens & Bolton, asserts that it can work well for lower value claims, but questions its value for larger commercial claims.
01 September 2023
Can compulsory mediation take the strain? Premium Content
Catherine Penny queries whether enforced mediation is necessary for larger commercial disputes
01 September 2023 / Catherine Penny
Integrated mediation: the next step Premium Content
Widespread use of mediation could make a valuable contribution to resolving many disputes before the county courts: James South suggests thinking big to reap its rewards
11 August 2023 / James South
A solution without a problem? Premium Content
While the UK’s signing of the Singapore Convention has been welcomed, how much practical change will it bring about? John McElroy weighs up the impact on parties to mediation
11 August 2023 / John McElroy
Automatic mediation for claims up to £10,000
Mediation is to be compulsory for civil claims worth up to £10,000, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed.
26 July 2023
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Law reform ahead
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Online safety against serious harm
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Bullying & harassment at the Bar
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
Billionaire divorce saga ‘lifeline’
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire has won her bid to bring her financial relief claim in London, in a unanimous Court of Appeal decision
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