ASM PLUS Blog
The ASM Plus Domestic and Neighbour Dispute Reconciliation Service – Tips on how to survive family crises during the current lockdown and what ASM Plus can do to help
Contact us Of late we at ASM Plus have noted a number of very positive anecdotal accounts on the internet of families who have taken the opportunity of being confined at home to bond and do things together that they might not have had time for earlier this year....
When it comes to black lives, it’s not just the thought that counts
By Kallan Marshall - ASM Plus is very grateful to Kallan for giving permission to us to post her excellent article which was first published on http://progressonline.org.uk. We urge all who see this post to comment on it and to circulate it on their social media...
Family mediation from ASM Plus – Family Mediation Online
Contact us By Austin Chessell, the convenor of the ASM Plus family team At ASM Plus we offered our mediation and other services online before COVID-19 happened but currently we are mediating online with all our mediation clients. The positives of mediating online...
Civil Mediation and Training from ASM Plus – Using MagicEye to Teach the Art of Reframing
Contact us By Brendan Schutte, the convenor of the ASM Plus workplace and employment team and a member of its Critical Thinking Team. Reframing is considered by many mediators to be an essential technique and mindset in working with parties to facilitate resolution....
Mediation and ADR Services from ASM Plus – COVID 19 For an Accountant Mediator! (or why self-isolating for a tax expert is no problem)
Contact us By David King, a member of the ASM Plus civil/commercial, family and small claims teams These are strange times that we live in! However, a great time to take a cool long look at ourselves and question what is important in our lives. What is certainly true...
Civil and insurance mediation from ASM Plus – an appraisal of the recent High Court decision of Ohpen Operations UK Limited -v- Invesco Fund Managers Limited (1) and the importance attached therein to civil mediation.
Contact us By Paul Sandford, Director, ASM Plus In a very recent blog, I considered the importance of the recently decided High Court judgment in the case of DSN – v- Blackpool Football Club (the Blackpool case) (2) in which Mr Justice Griffiths strongly criticised...
Civil and insurance mediation, ASM Plus – the very important recent decision of the High Court of England and Wales, DSN v Blackpool Football Club (1) given by Mr Justice Griffiths (2)
Contact us By Paul Sandford, Director, ASM Plus From the point of view of mediation and indeed all types of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) this very authoritative and well explained Blackpool decision makes it abundantly clear that parties to court cases who...
Family mediation from ASM Plus – an outline of a real case that demonstrates how the input and expertise of Henry Elliston, ASM Plus’s newly appointed financial adviser can help divorcing and separating couples to resolve their financial issues. This is Henry’s inaugural ASM Plus blog.
I recently met with a high earning couple who were in the process of divorcing and a divorce petition had been filed. Their joint finances were quite complicated and comprised substantial overseas property, a UK buy-to-let investment, complicated shareholding...
Family mediation and other services provided by ASM Plus.
ASM Plus is delighted to announce that the highly accomplished financial adviser, Henry Elliston, has joined our family team. Bringing his considerable financial acumen and expertise to bear, Henry will complement our highly skilled team by providing neutral and...
Facilitated meetings for resolving small claims and workplace related disputes from ASM Plus – A case involving a poorly managed gym where a facilitated meeting resolves a number of issues very promptly and saves a great deal of time and money.
Contact us By Paul Sandford, Director, ASM Plus Cummings is the customer relations director of Gymfit, a well-established chain of fitness centres with a number of elite gyms located in the wealthy districts of a number of UK cities. He notes that of late his staff...