ADR Notes

Offers to mediate: It is not the offeror's responsibility to chase a response

Civil Mediation Council to establish independent standard-setting body

Mandatory mediation commences for Small Claims

Proposed rule changes regarding the court's power to compel ADR

High Court refuses to stay proceedings commenced in breach of valid ADR clause

Article published - UK compulsory mediation ruling still leaves courts leeway

Courts can compel parties to engage in ADR: Court of Appeal finds comments to the contrary in Halsey not binding

Pre-action protocols: Civil Justice Council recommends mandatory pre-action ADR but will consider a more flexible bespoke protocol for commercial cases

UK government confirms plans for compulsory mediation in the County Court and decides against statutory regulation of the mediation sector

New "non-consensual" ADR process in the Employment Tribunals adds to the momentum toward compulsory ADR

CEDR Mediation Audit results: The post-pandemic state of civil mediation

Mandatory mediation: Insights from the LCAM-HSF survey

Herbert Smith Freehills recently partnered with the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM) to  survey a cross-section of the dispute …