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Wayne Rooney and a decade of .uk domain name disputes

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British Mandatory Mediations Successful

British Justice Minister Jon Djanogly visited the city of Ipswitch this week to check-in on a new, mandated divorce mediation program that the British government implemented in April. Minister Djanogly noted how there’s, “been a 20% uptake in ...

Resolving disputes need not be costly

Interesting Decision (Commercial Dispute Resolution)

"The default judicial rate of interest is currently fixed at 8% which compared with the prevailing market rates appears pretty generous. A recent case in the Court of Session considered this issue.

Sport Horse racing Horsemen's Group offers to mediate further talks on whip rules

"The controversy over the new whip rules continues to be the nightmare from which the sport cannot awake. Just days after a raft of revisions was announced by the 

Firs goes one to three about conflict resolution

"A new scheme to resolve disputes is to be introduced in the Falkland Islands.  A recent announcement stated that the alternative scheme is more effective than taking disputes to court. Councillor Dick Sawle (DS), the S...

Viewpoint: New code lays out better framework for landlords and tenants

Mediator's Breakfast Club

Collyer Bristow ‘risks collapse’ over £50m liability dispute

"Collyer Bristow is heading into mediation today (3 October) in a bid to stave off the financial meltdown it claims would ensue if it loses a courtroom battle with its insurance broker."

Ministry of Justice pushes for increased take-up of mediation with £10m budget injection

"The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will add £10m to the UK's publicly funded mediat...