Four top UK litigators have this week launched their own mediation chambers – so says legalweek.com on Friday and will begin work there this Monday, 18 June.
The panel has been known as Independent Mediators since late 2006 but is now transforming itself into a bricks and mortar establishment to compete with CEDR and other established players in the UK, increasingly crowded, mediation market.
It includes some of UK’s top rated commercial mediators. Superb operators like Tony Willis, David Miles and David Richbell (this blog featured these latter two mediators a short time ago)
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