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Stepping Over The Boundary

by Alistair Pye | May 21, 2018 | The Guest Essay

A couple of weeks ago I found myself deep in the Cotswolds. Two middle-aged neighbouring couples on a very pleasant estate of modernish detached houses had fallen out over the exact position of the legal boundary. There were the usual allegations of an encroaching...

Mediation vs settlement in property disputes

by Rebecca Clark | Mar 21, 2018 | The Guest Essay

Why mediate? Won’t a settlement meeting be just as effective? A recent case got me thinking… At the end of last year, I mediated a case between a bank and a married couple who were property developers. It was a sadly all too familiar story of outwardly...

The case for mediation

by David Richbell | Jan 8, 2018 | The Guest Essay

I mediated a dispute a few weeks ago between a building owner and a building contractor. The contractor was a medium-sized company which had a reputation for carrying out high quality work. Not the cheapest but they always had satisfied customers. Indeed, that is why...

Why choose mediation?

by Mark Jackson-Stops | Nov 24, 2017 | The Guest Essay

This is the first of what we intend to be a regular offering of problem solving scenarios from our panel of mediators. When I first started out as a full time mediator in 1995, my previous career as a Chartered Surveyor stood me in good stead to help people find ways...