Posted by Rachael Brown, Solicitor Practical Law, 11 August 2014 An article posted on the Practical Law Construction blog by Elizabeth Repper and Lee Cookson considers some of the advantages (financial and otherwise) of mediating, as well as looking at how best to prepare for the mediation of a delay claim and how best to...Read More
Posted by Rachael Brown, Solicitor Practical Law, 13 August 2014 This week, Practical Law Construction’s current awareness opinion blogs consider the reasonableness of an adjudicator’s fees, the advantages of mediating a delay claim and a reflection on relationships between an in-house lawyer and panel firms.Read More
There will be held, in October this year, a Workshop on Conflict Management Coaching. For fuller details, please contact: Mary Lou O’Kennedy Claritas CCL Ltd. Harbour View Business Centre Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin Telephone 01 517 5313 Email marylou@claritasccl.ie For full details, please see this PDF: Workshop Flyer CINERGY Conflict Management Coaching Oct...Read More
Posted by Rachael Brown, Solicitor Solicitors Journal, 2 July 2014 Ministry of Justice figures show that the number of people using mediation services has declined, with a drop of 56 per cent for mediation assessments, 38 per cent for mediation ‘starts’ and 27 per cent in final agreements over the last 12 months. National Family...Read More
Posted by Rachael Brown, Solicitor Law Society Gazette, 30 June 2014 An increase in the inclusion of alternative dispute resolution clauses in contracts has led to parties mediating at an earlier stage of the litigation process, according to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution; however, there remains a ‘significant’ number of cases where mediation is...Read More
Posted by Rachael Brown, Solicitor Oregon Live, 1 July 2014 A new mediation program has been launched in Oregon, US, that will allow patients and families another option besides suing when medical errors happen.Read More
Posted by Rachael Brown, Solicitor CEDR, 1 July 2014 For the first time, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) has simultaneously updated all of its main model mediation documents and rules. Read More
Posted by Rachael Brown, Solicitor Sinapse, 18 July 2014 An article that examines the increasingly popular trend of Big Pharma companies to avoid struggles in court by using mediation with Indian generic drug firms instead. Read More
18th June 2014 ICMA Work Shop – Assessing the suitability of Mediation Ground Rules: As client or adviser where a dispute emerges, the key to a successful should not be to define the outcome in straight lines. Disputes are rarely resolved with a “Black or White” answer; there are nearly always shades “of grey” which get...Read More
ICMA BLOG 19/6/2014 On Thursday 19th June an ICMA Members Event and AGM was held in the iconic offices of PwC on North Wall Quay. The guest speaker for the evening was Ronan Gallagher from the Department of Expenditure & Reform. Ronan delivered an excellent address which centred around the recent Report on Public Expenditure...Read More