Join Centre for Justice and other lawyers at our 90 minutes breakfast seminar on 23 May on ADR techniques including mediation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation, and expert determination.
This CPD accredited course for solicitors, costing only £24, explains the growing need for effective alternatives to the courts.
For information and bookings contact gsp@centreforjustice.org or phone 020 7263 2553.
Construction Magazine
Centre for Justice is the leading dispute resolution service provider, resolving construction disputes quickly and cost efficiently.
The Director of the Law Centres Network gives national guidance to branches on the use of CfJ as an effective alternative to court.
In his report on the culture, practices and ethics of the press, Lord Justice Leveson recommends an arbitration scheme for claims against the press. This will be run by the new regulatory body he recommends in his report. It will be cost free to the claimant and it will be inquisitorial. It is to be ‘fast, fair and inexpensive’.
Litigation Futures
The London Borough of Havering has saved an estimated £240,000 of costs and significantly reduced the time required to resolve three recent disputes, according to arbitrators, the Centre for Justice.
The Lawyer
Centre for Justice, an adjudication service for business, government and the public, has established a panel of silks for its insurer service users.
Voluntary Action Camden
Centre for Justice has been resolving disputes for businesses and the community in Camden and the surrounding area now for over a year. Developed by a group of leading London barristers and solicitors, the Centre offers a new and independent legal service which can resolve disputes without the need for parties to go to court.
Local Government Lawyer
Peter Keith-Lucas looks at the options open to councils when the present standards regime is replaced by a new duty to promote high standards of conduct next year.
Guardian.co.uk Article on Public Leaders Network
Up to 10% of public resources are being lost by local authorities in handling disputes and complaints, a cost that is wholly avoidable and which could be redirected instead to frontline services.
The Guardian
Universities must look at mediation to settle disputes rather than spending vast sums of money, time and energy fighting claims by staff or students
