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Great Quote re Mediation

Just reading a recent case Oliver & Anor v Symons & Anor (link below) which relates to rights of way for agricultural vehicles, swing space and verge space. The final paragraph of the transcript ends with a great obiter quote

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Difficulties with professional indemnity insurance

My new business plan involves two distinct strands:

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Ken Clarke announces plans for compulsory mediation of small claims

On Tuesday afternoon, Ken Clarke unveiled an overhaul of no win no fee rules – watch it here. This blog post does not intend to ccomment much upon the changes to success fees currently fuelling (along with insurance) the no

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EMployment Tribunal Extortion

A couple of days ago I blogged about two stories, the BBCs employment tribunal settlement figure and the opinion in The Times about the fact that Employment Tribunals are nothing but legal extortion. There was a debate about it on

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Mediation – A great tool, misapplied by lawyers

I recently attended my first mediation in the shoes of the mediator*. I observed a boundary dispute/ownership of land dispute.

In this blog post, I want to discuss the mediation which I recently observed, why I dont think a resolution was reached and why and how I think mediation will be used in the future.

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