Northwest Mediation
Commercial & Family Mediation and Individual Dispute Resolution

You remember last blog I said that mediators get called all sorts of names, one of which is talking therapist – it says so on some...

Singer songwriter and Rich Girl Gwen Stefani is attending mediation with her former husband Gavin Rossdale in respect of care and contact...

I often blog about the role in mediation played by churches, whether it’s in commercial mediation or family mediation, but at the UN this...

Two stories from America to start with this week, Newark (New Jersey not the one in God’s own county of Lincolnshire). As with other...

The University of Strathclyde has launched a project for “Housing Mediation” led by Carolyn Hirst. The university already has a Mediation...

If you, like me, have just returned from a holiday away involving a trip with a low cost airline, you probably don’t need to be told that...

Mediation is broadly (though not widely) understood in the world of family law. At Northwest Mediation we’ve been carrying out civil...

You’ll recall I blogged about Suffolk council’s mediation scheme on a previous occasion there’s a great piece in the local government...

Having assaulted the costs and damages in road traffic claims attention by paying parties and the government is now turning to the cost...

It cannot have escaped your notice but there is some sort of football tournament going on, so it only seems fitting to start with a...

Even the famous and fabulous recognise the benefits of mediation. Everyone’s second favourite Pirate Captain, Geoffrey Rush, has attended...

Those of you old enough to remember Tim Allen’s Home Improvement will feel a certain familiarity with the case going to mediation where...

More from the Archers this week, with Alistair baulking at the £200 “pound a pop” mediation. It was a well observed piece showing that...

In ongoing Archers’ news preparation for Shula and Alistair’s mediation began on Monday night with Shula discussing the need to be honest...

Since Caroline’s death things have been tough for Shula and Alistair in Borchester, I refer of course to BBC Radio 4's The Archers. I was...

Mediation world news round up takes us to America, the Middle and Far East and Africa as well as the Hague. First on our whistle stop...

For many years the US has been seen as leading efforts to establish a long lasting peace in the middle east by mediation but following...

Mediation is still little understood in terms of why and how it works by the pubic at large, so it is less than helpful when the media...

It was only the other week I blogged about the success of mediators in dealing with veterinary bills now this week sees the appointment...

The tragic case of Alfie Evans has been much covered in the press over the last few weeks as his parents battled to be allowed to take...