9 Gough Chambers is delighted that Tim Parker has been accredited by the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators to undertake child dispute arbitrations. This new scheme will launch in July. It will offer arbitration as an alternative to mediation in disputes between parents concerning the arrangements for children.
Tim is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been qualified to undertake financial remedy arbitrations since 2014. From July Tim will be able to act as arbitrator in both financial remedy and children disputes. For more information about family arbitration please visit: www.ifla.org.uk.
This week we examine an unusual arbitration case involving (or did it?) a foreign limitation period; and another decision on the tension between open justice and protection of commercially sensitive information (we understand, by the way, that on 25th February the Court of Appeal will…
This week we look at two decisions, both of which will be of critical importance to practitioners in pursuance of contested litigation. In one, unusually, without prejudice correspondence was admissible in a case involving fundamental dishonesty; whilst in the other, the court reviewed the authorities…
Following a 5-day liability trial in the High Court in Manchester, the Claimant’s negligence and Human Rights Act claims were dismissed by HHJ Bird sitting as a Judge of the High Court. The Claimant was a Type 1 diabetic who suffered from a history of…
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