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Last week the Court of Appeal heard the long-awaited appeal in this leapfrog appeal from the County Court. Beverley Vara wrote about the issues in dispute in this article earlier this year.
Above all else, business clients desire a mediator who understands the intricacies of commercial disputes and the broader business context. A mediator's ability to comprehend the specific industry, regulatory landscape, and economic considerations is paramount.
Listen to Harry Spurr’s latest ultra-short podcast episode in his series A Moment on Mediation, offering offering insights into conflict resolution.
The MoJ announced its response to the consultation it carried out last year into increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system. The MoJ has “committed to fully integrate mediation as a key step in the court process for small civil claims valued up to £10,000, starting with spe...
Shareholder and partnership disputes have always been prevalent, and now I am experiencing that they are increasing. A combination of the “post pandemic fall out” and the struggling economy mean shareholders and partners of ailing businesses are finding it hard to stay aligned.
“Stress: it’s more common than you think…” That is the quote I noted during a sensitive, brave and informative seminar on Mediation and Mental Health run by Marie Coombes for IPOS mediators recently. The quote worried me(!): nearly everyone I meet is stressed, both in my mediation practi...
Mediation is a legal success story. Its use has become widespread, particularly in Common Law jurisdictions, but increasingly in countries using Civil Law. While there are of course variations from country to country and in different fields of law, the private mediation model is now very familiar.
Don’t get me wrong - it’s hugely encouraging to witness the steady increase in the use of mediation across the justice system in recent years. Vast amounts of money saved, parties freed quickly from litigation that is wrecking their businesses, lives and livelihoods, and better outcomes del...
Mediation is all about calling a truce and stepping off the conveyor belt of litigation. It is also about humanising rather than demonising the people involved because the litigation process is by it’s nature both dehumanising and demonising. On Christmas Day, 1914, in the first year of Wor...
Sometimes the parties come to a mediation determined to settle their differences, prepared to make significant compromises to achieve that objective and ready to move on with their lives. Those cases typically settle. In family business disputes, while the desire to achieve a settlement is usual...
IPOS Mediation is proud to announce that twenty-five of our mediators have been recognised by the Legal 500 UK 2023 edition, as experts within their fields. Our IPOS mediators continue to move up the rankings and increase in numbers, which is testament to their level of expertise and skills.
Recently, I was invited to give an online talk for Autistic Doctors International. After I had spoken there was a Q&A session and during an hour and a half of questions, I heard from a group of people who clearly wanted to understand if mediation could help neurodivergent and neurotypical people...