by Paul Sandford | May 20, 2019
Recently I successfully mediated a neighbour dispute involving two adjacent tenants. The mediation was instigated by their landlord, a small, publicly funded Housing Association. In essence one party had made significant allegations of noise nuisance made by one party...
by Paul Sandford | May 14, 2019
With the latest on Brexit just in and both the Conservative and Labour parties suffering losses in the recent local elections, cross-party talks are now ongoing to see if a commitment can be made to negotiate a customs union with the European Union lasting until 2022,...
by Paul Sandford | May 13, 2019
A recent edition of the UK Observer magazine (1) included a short questionnaire designed to help readers decide whether they were good listeners or not. This questionnaire which made no reference to mediation was accompanied by a number of quotes from eminent sources....
by Paul Sandford | May 6, 2019
I have approached this article guardedly because it is based largely on press reports and I am mindful that there has been little in the way of a substantive response from anyone who may be involved. The not inconsiderable difficulties that Bolton Wanderers FC is...
by Anthony Wooding | May 3, 2019
Of course, the value of money to you depends on how much you have. But £10,000 I suggest is a lot of money to a lot of people. But that’s how far the definition of a ‘small claim’ in our court system extends, with a lower exception of only £1000 for personal injury...
by Paul Sandford | Apr 29, 2019
If ever the British public were in doubt about the challenges currently facing the UK education sector, any such notion should have been dispelled by the recent spate of objective but nonetheless rather pessimistic newspaper headlines and articles. These articles have...
