ASM PLUS Blog
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...
Facilitated meetings for resolving small claims disputes from ASM Plus – A scenario involving a publicly funded community project where poor management and communication results in non-payment of invoices and bad feelings are generated.
Contact us By Paul Sandford, director, ASM plus Harriet, a young entrepreneur, was invited to join a committee chaired by David to deliver a young person’s talent competition, an event that had been awarded quite generous lottery funding. Harriet put forward a number...
Small claims dispute resolution service from ASM Plus – A case involving a dispute between a budget airline and a disabled passenger
https://www.asmadr.co.uk/contact-us/ By Paul Sandford, director, ASM Plus Harry and Sally book a cheap return Stansted to Lorento flight with Last Resort Airways. For some years Sally has been very ill. She is barely able to walk and if she wishes to mobilise for...
Tarquin and Golightly – A case study that clearly demonstrates why the ASM Plus Small Claims Mediation Service saves considerable amounts of money and time
https://www.asmadr.co.uk/contact-us/ Last year Tarquin, a young solicitor who works for a very eminent legal firm that attaches great importance to its employees behaving correctly at all times bought an expensive two-week skiing holiday package at the “Swiss Alpine...
Notes from a Mediators’ Retreat
Contact us “And catch the heart off guard and blow it open” (from Postscript by Seamus Heaney) Even mediators need a break. And that was before Covid-19. A ‘retreat’ has connotations of organised religion, but in Ireland there is a rich tradition of spirituality, of...
Family mediation and ADR – face to face and online services from ASM Plus – an account given by Suzy Miller of ASM Plus’s family team of her recent, well received TEDx Talk (1) which underlines the importance of peaceful conflict resolution in the context of divorce and relationship break up and explains how to achieve it
Contact us https://www.asmadr.co.uk/the-asmadr-family/ https://www.asmadr.co.uk/meet-the-team/suzy-miller/ Being invited to do a TEDx Talk (https://youtu.be/ZCSuPN79FHQ) has most definitely been a highlight of my career so far. (1) The only problem was, I wasn't...
Mediation for insurance companies and their clients – An overview of a case that shows how an insurance company can get the very best out of the expert services provided by ASM Plus
Full details of the case study (no. 1) and the solicitor’s invoice can be viewed here. The invoice was prepared following advice given under the terms of a legal insurance policy. The sum of money in question was approximately £1500.00 and there were no complex points...