For many individuals involved in lengthy divorce proceedings, agreeing on who owns specific assets or how the house will be split is expensive and time consuming. The natural reaction in these situations is to speak with a solicitor, but many are now taking up the option of training as mediators, offering this as an alternative service.

As The Court of Appeal and Small Claims Process are now encouraging the use of mediation, solicitors and law professionals are seeing the potential that mediation offers. Disputes can be resolved quickly and at a reduced cost to their clients. As a solicitor, you will also be able to draw up binding documents containing the agreements made by the disputing parties, which adds even more weight to the process.

Mediation can be used for a variety of commercial disputes including instances of insolvency and disputes between a buyer & supplier, where maintaining a positive working relationship is essential for ongoing business.

If you are currently operating as a solicitor and want to add Commercial Mediation to your existing skills set, please contact us or call 01773 822222.

When the word ‘training’ arises within an organisation, there is often an element of fear, wondering whether it will be dull, boring or both. But this course certainly does not warrant that reaction.

Our intensive 4 day mediation programme allows you to get hands on, and stuck in with dispute simulations, rather than be lectured to. As mediation is an extremely hands on form of dispute resolution, this is how we like to run our courses. We use clips from our DVD, and give all participants the chance to mediate on dispute simulations. And where would be better to do this than York, one of Britain’s most beautiful cities, which is packed with things to do.