by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Oct 12, 2023 | Three minute blog
The scene: mediators’ consulting rooms all over England and Wales. Client: “My lawyer told me I need to make a court application. I need a signed MIAM (Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting) certificate.” Mediator: “Why do you need to go...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Jun 2, 2023 | Three minute blog
Court outcomes range from unpredictable to inevitable One of the favourite hobbies of family lawyers is to discuss their court cases. And nothing makes for more excitement than when the court ‘gets it wrong’. Unsurprisingly, one lawyer or the other often thinks that...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | Jun 2, 2023 | Three minute blog
Solicitors’ ping pong We see a lot of people for MIAMs (Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings) who are going through a divorce. They have often been engaging solicitors fin what seems like a game of ping pong or months and months. They’ve been living in hope...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | May 7, 2020 | Mediators & Others
Tips I’m not immune to reading or even providing tips. But, if like me, you listen to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, you’ll know that despite the many years their racing correspondent has been providing them, they are rarely winners. Tips are...
by Stephen G Anderson LL.B | May 1, 2020 | Mediators & Others
Mediators’ excuses I know there are lots of mediators at the moment who are really worried about mediating online over webcams. “It isn’t mediation”, It’s not what I signed up to do”, “I’m useless with technology”,...
