The law & mediation

 

Did you know?

The Civil Procedure rules say parties should try and mediate before they litigate.

The Civil Procedure rules sat that court proceedings should be a last resort.

The court will ask the parties to justify why they are unwilling to mediate.

The court is unlikely to award costs to a winning party if the judge decides that they unreasonably refused to mediate and make them pay the losing party.

Your solicitor is negligent if they do not advise you that mediation may be one way of resolving your dispute.

There are plans afoot to make mediation compulsory.

Senior Judges do not regard encouraging the parties to mediate as a breach of their human rights as they still have the opportunity to litigate if the mediation fails.