A huge thanks to every one who took part in my short survey on personal injury mediation. I offered three lucky particpants the reward of a muffin (your choice of flavour). Well, the excitment was incredible as my youngest pulled the names out of the hat (he’s only 15 months old so we had a…
Send this personal injury mediation guide to your clients.
Do you want a guide you can send your client about Personal Injury Mediation? Well I wrote one a while ago and forgot to provide a download link on my site. To rectify that download my client’s guide to personal injury mediation here. Feel free to send it out to your clients. If you would…
Law Society offers mediation for cynics
The Civil Justice Section of the Law Society is offering a 2 hour CPD seminar titled Mediation for Cynics. It will be at 113 Chancery Lane, London. Here is some of their blurb : Why attend? The whole topic of mediation is dogged by controversy, the debate hijacked by the mediation evangelists who think it…
13 nasty mediation surprises
My colleague mediator Tim Wallis, has written an interesting article Mediation fist fights and other surprises for the Personal Injury Brief Update Law Journal. I think you have to register with the site to read the article which you can do following the link above. To find the article go to the September 2011 edition…
Personal Injury Mediation Survey
Win a muffin! Hi, thanks for visiting and taking part in this survey about personal injury mediation in the UK. The survey ends on 14th October 2011 after which I’ll put the names of each respondent in a hat and get my 15 month old son to draw three out at random – the lucky…
3 things you mustn’t say in a mediation opening statement.
I have sat through many a mediation opening statement and wished I could have wound the clock back five minutes to prevent the damage had just been done. In no particular order let’s look at three things you must avoid saying. Sorry – unless you genuinely mean it. In the cynical world we live in…
3 things solicitors tell new clients about mediation.
I used to go on about the solicitor’s duty to advise clients about mediation in the naive hope that would immediately convince you to use my services. Experience has taught me that mediation is much more likely to be successful when neither side is there out of a sense of duty or fear of legal…
Why mediators never tell you what they’re thinking.
As a commercial mediator I’m often asked at some point in the mediation “what do you think about my case?” This is despite the fact that I explain to parties at the very first meeting with them that mediators are not judges. It is instinctive to try and persuade me that they have the best…
Do mediators decide cases?
No mediators do not decide cases. That was a succinct answer but my editor wants more! It is a common misunderstanding that mediators make a decision on a case at the end of a mediation – like a judge. The misconception is present among solicitors and lay clients alike. A solicitor friend asked me once…
The demise of Halliwells : Mediation in partnership and administration disputes
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…
