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035			_a(Sirsi) u126596
100			_aPliener, D.
245			_aAt last, clarity for mediation
260			_c2004
490			_aNew Law Journal _v154(7132) 11 June 2004, 878 (2)
520			_aExamines the CA landmark judgment in "Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust; Steel v Joy and another" ([2004] EWCA Civ 576, Abs67919). This clarified the court's approach to mediation especially in the case of the "Halsey" judgment where two crucial questions are addressed; the circumstances where a court requires the parties to mediate where one of the parties does not wish to do so, and in which situations will one party's refusal to mediate deprive it of the usual costs order? This decision appears to be a reversal of a trend in recent cases such as "Cable and Wireless Plc v IBM (UK) Ltd" ([2002] EWHC 2059 (Comm), [2002] 2 ALL ER 1041 (Comm)).
590			_aABS
590			_aABS
650			_aHALSEY V MILTON KEYNES GENERAL NHS TRUST
650			_aCABLE AND WIRELESS PLC v IBM (UK) LTD
650			_aMEDIATION
650			_aALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
690			_aDISPUTE RESOLUTION-CASE LAW
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999			_c117591 _d117591