Can mediation always rise to the occasion?

Thursday, 17 May 2012 The numbers of family and commercial mediations are growing - but while an elite group of commercial mediators is earning six figures, newcomers in both fields are finding it hard to gain the experience to break into the market. CEDR’s fifth mediation audit, published this week, shows the top commercial mediator earned £700,000 last year in a ma...
Mediation is expected to play an increasingly prominent role
UK banks’ exposure to mis-selling claims from business owners who bought derivatives products is said to run in to the billions

A difficult combination: 'mis-sold' complex derivatives products

Thursday, 10 May 2012 In private some commercial litigators marvel at the fact that more litigation has not emerged from the banking crisis and the UK’s prolonged period of recession and slow growth. But one source of potential claims against the UK’s four largest banks has been getting increasing attention this year - small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who b...

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‘Ludicrous, immoral and wicked’: Bach bites back at LASPO

Saturday, 05 May 2012 Lord (Willy) Bach, the peer who led Labour’s opposition to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill in the House of Lord...

Hot property?

Thursday, 03 May 2012 Last week brought the gloomy news that the country has slid back into recession. The much feared double dip was to a large extent blamed on ...