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Abberley v Abberley – how binding are mediation heads of terms?

Posted on 10th December 2019 by Joseph Mulrooney — No Comments ↓

In our latest guest article Jeremy Glover, of Fenwick Elliott Solicitors, reviews the 2019 case of Abberley v Abberley [2019]. Abberley v Abberley [2019] EWHC 1564 (Ch) A mediation took place where the parties, in dispute over a farm partnership,…

Posted in Civil Mediation, Guest Articles

THAKKAR v PATEL: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE DANGERS OF IGNORING OFFERS TO MEDIATE

Posted on 28th April 2017 by Joseph Mulrooney — No Comments ↓

Offers to mediate, and how they are reacted to, feature in this month’s guest article. It reviews the recent Thakkar v Patel case, and is submitted by a barrister & prolific legal blogger, Gordon Exall. We hope you enjoy it. If…

“Taking Back Control” – why should you use Mediation?

Posted on 24th January 2017 by Joseph Mulrooney — No Comments ↓

There’s been a lot of talk about “taking back control” recently. I won’t go anywhere near that particular debate! Instead I’d just like to discuss an area where every business can “take back control” and that is in how they…

Property Dispute – is mediation the way forward?

Posted on 1st December 2016 by Joseph Mulrooney — No Comments ↓

I have now been a solicitor for over thirty years and the client who always sends me a little crazy is the client with a property dispute such as with his builder or with his neighbour over a boundary. A…

Tagged with: boundary disputes, building disputes, neighbour disputes
Posted in Articles, Civil Mediation

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20th January 2017

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