Category Archives: Mediator

The demise of Halliwells : Mediation in partnership and administration disputes

Halliwells former offices Spinningfields

Legal Week reported that the partners of Halliwells LLP have agreed to try and resolve the administrators’ claim against them for £21 million through mediation. Sadly so far I have not been asked to be the mediator but I’m sure they’ve got my number. Partnership disputes and administration claims are two areas where mediators can…

Mediator accused of pushing man through window.

defenestrating

I was intrigued by this headline Man accused of pushing teen through window sending shard into chest ‘was mediator’ in the Plymouth Herald. I was alarmed in case I had missed the defenstration module of my mediator training course. It turns out I needn’t have worried, the “mediator” was just an amateur and not one…

Do you need a specialist mediator?

Highly experienced commercial mediator, David Richbell, writes for me in response to Lord Jackson’s recently stated view that mediators who deal with personal injury claims should be specialists in the field of personal injury.

Should mediators be regulated?

Should mediators be regulated? Professional Mediator Philip Hesketh is in favour in principle but what is your view?