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Course focus

Housing & Environmental Investigations

Date:
12 December 2008
Venue:
ETC Venues, London
CPD:
4.5

Training programmes

Mediation Conference

In association with Bevans Solicitors

Lord Woolf's 1996 report, ‘Access to Justice’, is generally noted as being the catalyst for large scale reform of the civil justice system.  Since then alternative dispute resolution, and in particular mediation, has assumed great importance within public sector disputes. This is only set to grow with the government's recent promotion of mediation within workplace disputes and the changes to the complaints procedure in Standards Board matters. This conference is a must for local government lawyers, HR officers and managers who will learn about mediation, it's benefits, when to use it effectively and the types of dispute to use it in.

Opening address by The Rt Hon the Lord Woolf of Barnes

What is Mediation?

  • How mediation works 
  • Which cases are suitable
  • When is a case right for mediation
  • Legal framework
  • CPR

Guy Hollebon & Alex Bevan

What Happens at Mediation?

  • Role play DVD
  • Preparing for mediation
  • Presenting at mediation
  • Do’s and don’ts
  • Why Mediation works

Alex Bevan, Judge Witold Pawlak & Michael Lind

Mediating Local Government Disputes

  • Examples of suitable cases
  • When to refer a case
  • How to refer a case and arrange a mediation
  • How to prepare for mediation
  • Issues about decision-making and authority to settle

Stuart Turnock

Employment Mediation

  • Suitable cases 
  • Internal and external mediation

Guy Hollebon

Standards Board Mediations

  • How cases may arise
  • Advantages in “political” cases

Stuart Turnock & Guy Hollebon

Delegates are invited to attend one of the following workshops:

  • Workshop for local government lawyers on mediation – threats and opportunities of mediation to local government lawyers
  • Employment/workplace mediation – implementing a scheme
  • Advogotiating
    • How to present as an advocate at mediation
    • How to get the best out of the process
    • Tips for mediators

Debrief on workshops and final discussion session

 

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