I saw this story about a Californian personal injury claim being referred to mediation and this one about historic abuse cases being resolved by mediation and decided to ask my colleagues at the American Institute of Mediation why American and Canadian lawyers are so much more likely to use mediation to resolve personal injury disputes…
Tag Archive: personal injury
How to select a mediator
Part 3 of the guide to your first personal injury mediation discusses selecting an appropriate mediator and arranging a suitable venue.
Guide to your first personal injury mediation.
This 6 part series guides the reluctant personal injury litigator through the process of their first mediation. Covering matters such as timing, suitable cases, choosing a mediator and preparing for mediaiton.
Trust Mediation ~ Personal Injury Mediators
Trust Mediation is a not-for-profit provider of specialist personal injury mediators.
3 examples of Government mediation settlements
The Government has published its ADR Pledge Report for 2008/09. It shows a number of personal injury cases have been successfully resolved through mediation and three of those are extracted here.
Pleural Plaques statutory scheme to be introduced
The government has announced it will not overturn the House of Lords ruling that compensation is not payable on diagnosis of pleural plaques. It has however announced that it will introduce a scheme to compensate those people whose claims were lodged but not concluded before the 2007 ruling.
Mediation posts from the archive
A look back at articles from the archive of February 2009 covering client care, HSE myth busting and lawyers and negotiation skills.
Can mediation work in personal injury?
Lord Clarke, now in the Supreme Court, takes the opportunity of a speech at a personal injury awards ceremony to once again extol the virtues of mediation in personal injury litigation.
Dispute resolution services
Introduction and welcome to the Personal Injury Mediation Service, a resource for anybody involved in personal injury or clinical negligence compensation claims.
