“Taking Back Control” – why should you use Mediation?
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 deal with disputes by using mediation. Court It might seem ...
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Civil & Commercial Mediation in the UK 2016 – Analysis of the CEDR Seventh Mediation Audit by a Mediator
Last year CEDR conducted a survey, receiving responses from 319 mediators. Their report states that this represents over 50% of the individual membership of the Civil Mediation Council. I'm a mediator and member of the CMC. The aim of the survey was to assess how the mediation market, and attitudes ...
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How Can Businesses Best Deal With Customer Disputes?
In this article we consider the question: How can businesses best deal with customer disputes? The Federation of Small Businesses published a report (Tied Up 2016) recently exploring the cost of disputes to UK small businesses. In the report the FSB recognises the important role of mediation in reducing the ...
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Mediation & The Jelly Effect
Why We Don’t Want Jelly With Our AFTERS My name is Joseph Mulrooney, and I’m a business owner, solicitor, and a mediator. Each of these 3 roles requires different skills, and I draw upon all 3 skill sets to help my clients to resolve all manner of disputes in just ...
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Property Dispute – is mediation the way forward?
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 property dispute can be notoriously difficult. Expressions such as “I ...
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Tenancy Deposit Dispute
This mediation took place via telephone as the parties lived in different cities in the UK. Each party had a different view regarding the condition of the property both at the beginning of the tenancy and the end of it. Within just one hour, we were able to bring the ...
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Commercial intellectual property dispute
This mediation saw two companies engage in mediation after 12 difficult months of correspondence between solicitors. They had each incurred legal fees of approximately £18,000.00 and the dispute had reached a point where court proceedings were about to begin. This means they probably faed another 10 months of legal fees ...
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Workplace Conflict – A Time To Mediate?
Workplace conflict can have a devastating effect on a company’s productivity and profitability. It will quickly exhaust valuable time of your management, HR and legal departments. It can also have a really negative effect on morale amongst employees. Broadly speaking, there are typically 3 stages to a workplace dispute before it ...
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