McParland & Partners Ltd & Anor v Whitehead [2020] EWHC 298 (Ch) (14 February 2020)

The judge in this case raised the question as to whether Lomax v Lomax  meant that the court might also require parties to engage in  mediation  despite the decision in Halsey v. Milton Keynes General NHS Trust.  In the end, the parties agreed to a direction that a mediation was to take place which avoided the judge having to make such a decision.

This judgment is mentioned by Charles Gordon in his recent article on court encouragement of ADR.