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Courts reinforce mediation message

By: Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (1230) 28 July 2012, 66-68(3)Publication details: 2012Subject(s): Summary: Reviews law cases which involved the courts considering the issues of penalties for one of the parties refusing to mediate. Practice Direction Pre-action Protocol encourages parties to seek Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) before going to trial. Mediation is the most common form of ADR. "Rolf v De Geurin" [2011] EWCA Civ 78 viewed as a lost opportunity of mediate, "PGF II SA v OMFS Company and another" [2012] EWHC 83 (TCC) noted that in a property dispute, obstacles to mediation should be resolve. "Swain Mason and others v Mills&Reeve" [2012] EWCA Civ 498 held that reasonable reasons to refuse to mediate is where one of the parties believes that they have a reasonable belief in a watertight case on liability and a professional reputational wish to be vindicated publicly.

Reviews law cases which involved the courts considering the issues of penalties for one of the parties refusing to mediate. Practice Direction Pre-action Protocol encourages parties to seek Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) before going to trial. Mediation is the most common form of ADR. "Rolf v De Geurin" [2011] EWCA Civ 78 viewed as a lost opportunity of mediate, "PGF II SA v OMFS Company and another" [2012] EWHC 83 (TCC) noted that in a property dispute, obstacles to mediation should be resolve. "Swain Mason and others v Mills&Reeve" [2012] EWCA Civ 498 held that reasonable reasons to refuse to mediate is where one of the parties believes that they have a reasonable belief in a watertight case on liability and a professional reputational wish to be vindicated publicly.