“A Court of Appeal judge has criticised a defendant for rejecting mediation offered at a previous hearing – warning it will be a costly decision.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th May 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The numbers of family and commercial mediations are growing – but while an elite group of commercial mediators is earning six figures, newcomers in both fields are finding it hard to gain the experience to break into the market. CEDR’s fifth mediation audit, published this week, shows the top commercial mediator earned £700,000 last year in a market dominated by about 100 mediators – mostly lawyers – doing 85% of the non-scheme mediations and averaging about £300,000.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th May 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly met today with business leaders to launch ‘Justice for Business: Supporting Business and Promoting Growth,’ a new paper outlining how the Government’s ambitious reform programme is making the justice system more effective, less costly and better for business.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th May 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“An increasing number of wealthy couples are turning to new arbitration schemes to settle divorce disputes rather than squabbling in public through the courts, reports suggest.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal (CoA) is to pilot a mediation scheme for all personal injury and contract claims up to the value of £100,000 for which permission to appeal is given.”
The Lawyer, 4th April 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“On 22 February 2012 a new arbitration scheme was launched. The IFLA (Institute of Family Law Arbitrators) Scheme is the result of a collaboration between resolution, the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Centre for Child and Family Law Reform (CCFLR) the whole issue of family law arbitration has been under consideration for about the last decade and during that time a number of family lawyers, arbitrators and judges have worked tirelessly to assist in the formulation of the scheme and its rules.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th March 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The British Olympic Association will appear before the court of arbitration for sport on Monday in an attempt to uphold its lifetime doping ban, insisting it has a ‘strong case’ despite most sports lawyers expecting it to lose.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
RICS Expert Witness Conference, 8th March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Those of us who act as mediators in property matters have been conscious for some time of the particular suitability of mediation as a forum in which to resolve disputes over property rights. The flexibility and breadth of the mediation process enable the parties to look beyond the strict legal principles with which a Court would be concerned and to identify and address as well the more esoteric and human issues which often lie just beneath the surface in cases involving land.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Family arbitration – a soft launch or a hard landing? Some provisional thoughts.”
Family Law week, 26th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Launch of family arbitration scheme provokes debate about enforceability of awards.”
Family Law Week, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“High-profile married couples who are splitting up may soon be able to avoid airing their dirty linen in public with the advent of private divorce courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Individuals and businesses will find it cheaper, quicker and less daunting to resolve their disputes in civil courts, through new measures announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th February 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Bar Council and Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), which represent barristers and family barristers in England and Wales respectively, have urged the Government to take a considered and practical approach to reforming family law and not to rush to legislate, as it published its response to the Family Justice Review.”
The Bar Council, 6th February 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has today (23 January) urged separating couples to consider mediation when they separate or divorce, instead of turning to the courts.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“In his keynote address, delivered at a reception hosted by Collaborative Family Law last week, Lord Wilson of Culworth referred to the advent of an arbitration scheme to determine family disputes. This article offers an explanation as to how that scheme, which will be launched in February 2012, will work.”
Family Law Week, 5th December 2011
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A loss of unfair dismissal rights, changes to tribunal entitlement, and faster lay-offs are among the reforms proposed.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Vince Cable has announced yet more employment law reform. Rajeev Thacker questions whether there is any justification for this further erosion of employee rights.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“OPINION: Companies can breathe a sigh of relief that the UK courts have underlined the integrity of international arbitration cases which are heard in the UK. Courts have confirmed that, largely, they will refuse to overturn arbitration awards.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A group of villagers who claimed they were testing the government’s commitment to ‘localism’ by challenging a waste company’s right to dump radioactive materials in a nearby landfill site have failed in a high court challenge.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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