by Paul Sandford | Aug 29, 2016
In a recent Guardian newspaper article Richard Williams considers the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics and evokes memories of Danny Boyle’s brilliantly conceived and executed opening ceremony. In this regard I was particularly struck by the following very apt...
by Paul Sandford | Aug 25, 2016
The Bainbridge tennis club which like many is run by volunteers has a home match against its long-standing rivals Bedrock. The losing team will suffer the ignominy of being relegated from their current lowly 11th division in the very competitive West Byfleet League to...
by Anthony Wooding | Aug 22, 2016
I heard recently about a large workplace which has a sign promoting “‘staff mediators” to help internally with problems between colleagues or within different teams. I have to say that my initial reaction was mixed. Full marks for promoting...
by Paul Sandford | Aug 21, 2016
In writing this article I am indebted to Gilles Peaker, a Solicitor who writes excellent housing related blogs under the guise of “Nearly Legal”. He recently published an appraisal of this significant decision on his blog on 8th July 2016. I write as a...
by Brendan Schütte | Aug 18, 2016
To reframe is to bring about a change in someone’s mental perspective by altering their tacit underlying viewpoint to create different meaning. It is an attempt to release the parties from a blame and counter-blame cycle, and to focus on more useful ways of viewing...