Mediation is about co-operation and collaboration, not coercion, SO if your intent is to come into mediation to get what you want, at the expense of others (to win) , mediation is bound to fail. I begin the article with
Before you and your former partner are likely to feel willing and able to explore your financial options in mediation, you will need to feel satisfied that you have a full financial picture or, as your solicitor may put it,
Solicitor supported mediation- Article 1 of 5 Part 1 of 5 weekly articles and 5 videos If you prefer to watch the video rather than read this article please press here Q. How can your solicitors save you, rather than
In 1990, some psychology experiments conducted and reported by Jonathan Schooler and Tonya Engster-Schooler suggested that giving a verbal account of an incident tended to impair future visualisation of what was described(1). Such information questioned the sense of taking witness
There are times when I really wished I had thought of something first. The above proposition which was conceived of by Vivek Garg MBA the Texas-based Business Lead and Analyst and published on Linked In is a case in point.
In one of my recent blogs “The Madness Goes On – A Dispute over a £4,000 repair bill racks up £300,000 in costs” which dealt with the proportionate costs incurred in a court case involving a neighbour/nuisance dispute, I reflected
The use of mediation ‘I want to mention, again, the subject of mediation. Almost all family proceedings are now subject to compulsory court led dispute resolution hearings. This applies in disputed money cases, private law children cases and in all
This morning I was taking a credit card number from a client. Of the 23 numbers taken, one was incorrect. As a result, the system broke down and payment was not accepted. A few days ago, I received a referral
What about court cost orders against someone for refusing mediation? This question seems to be very topical at the moment, in various areas of law and cases which end up in court, where one person has refused mediation. If one
By Paul Sandford, Civil, Family And Workplace Mediator, Trainer, Investigator and Contractual Evaluator This blog considers the case of Court (Ms C) -v- Van Dijk & Anor (Mr V) , which culminated in a 2016 Court of Appeal hearing which
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