Friday February 27, 2009 at 12:10pm
We are gearing within employment disputes to the implementation of a new employment regime and the new Acas code which takes effect from 6th April.
This is being picked in the legal press with a senior employment lawyer warning that ‘common sense is not that common’ as the government revealed a new code for resolving workplace disputes. The new Acas code, which takes effect from 6 April, replaces the three-step grievance and disciplinary system of written statement, meeting and....
Tuesday February 24, 2009 at 11:34am
From my point of view we are now entering a busier time of year as I start to do more mediation seminars.
In particular March will witness my doing mediation training with MBL Seminars and start doing seminars on mediation for Employment lawyers and Commercial lawyers.
I have worked with MBL Seminars for 3 years and they always shown a lot of flair and imagination.
In March we have dates lined up in both London and Leeds and it should be fun.
The specific dates are:
Wednesday 11....
Thursday February 12, 2009 at 12:13pm
As was reported in the Law Society Gazette last month, "Proposals for a regulation regime for mediation faltered last week when mediators told the Civil Mediation Council (CMC) they need more time to consider ‘ambitious’ plans. However members of the organisation, which represents civil and commercial mediators, approved a scheme to register workplace mediators to meet the needs of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. The scheme will go live early in th....
Thursday February 12, 2009 at 1:11am
The Human Law Blog has moved to be a part of our main Human Law Mediation website.
You can still view the Human Law blog archive from before 12th February 2009 here.....
Tuesday February 10, 2009 at 3:13pm
A brief mention of mediation in the Law Society Gazette. "Personal injury mediation will gain in popularity as a result of the credit crunch, according to a leading provider. Maurice Nichols, mediator and consultant to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution’s personal injury unit (PIU), said: ‘There are always two important drivers to personal injury litigation – the claimant wants to see an end to his case and get his compensation as quickly as possible – and s....
Tuesday February 10, 2009 at 3:06pm
As Real Business highlights:
Some small business owners are being hit with lawsuits because they’ve failed to follow the correct statutory procedures when it comes to making employees redundant. Small business insurer Hiscox says there has been a threefold rise in insurance claims during the last quarter from SME employers being sued by former workers for unfair dismissal. The firm says employers are leaving themselves exposed to significant claims. According to Hiscox, the top three clai....