Q : What do I mediate most in my job as a professional mediator? A : Legal costs. Nearly every single commercial mediation that I do involves the settlement of the parties’ legal costs. If the parties agree that one side will contribute to the other side’s costs then I facilitate the negotiation of what…
Are you a solicitor who wants to try mediation but are not sure where to start? I’d like to help. These are some issues you might have:- How to select suitable cases. What to tell clients about mediation. How to prepare for mediated settlement meetings. Who pays for mediation? What happens if it fails? I…
Who pays for the mediation? The mediator’s fee is usually split evenly between the claimant and the defendant. When liability is not in dispute the defendant will often agree to pay the whole of the fee. Can you recover your costs of a mediation? Yes. The settlement reached at the mediation can (and almost always…
The government has proposed to introduce a new step in the civil litigation procedure – mediation information and assessment sessions – which will apply to all non-small claims track cases valued at under £100,000 ( see Solving disputes in the county courts: creating a simpler, quicker and more proportionate system consultation paper from the MoJ)….
Renowned professional mediator Henry Brown is my guest writer this week discussing how preliminary hearings, common in family mediation, can benefit commercial mediation.
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