Delighted to see Mark Lomas QC and Michel Kallipetis QC listed in Who’s Who Legal: U.K. Bar: Mediation 2019. In the same directory they are also highlighted in a list of only four most highly regarded silks in mediation. The directory states; At Independent Mediators, Michel Kallipetis QC is “undoubtedly one of the best-known and Continue Reading…
Mark Lomas QC comments on the judgment of the UK Supreme Court in the case of Perry v Raleys Solicitors, which was handed down on 13 February 2019. The judgment is a clarification of the law on the assessment of causation and loss in professional negligence cases. Click on the link below to read the Continue Reading…
Michel Kallipetis QC paid a flying four day visit to Hong Kong in January 2019 on behalf of the International Academy of Mediators of which he is the Secretary. During his brief visit he met the Chief Justice and the Secretary of State for Justice to discuss a planned symposium in Hong Kong in the Continue Reading…
February 2019 saw Phillip Howell-Richardson, Jonathan Lloyd-Jones and Michel Kallipetis QC travel to Paris to participate in the ICC’s biggest educational event of the year, the ICC Mediation Competition. The event gathers over 350 students and coaches every year, in addition to 130 professional mediators and mediators trainers from all over the world. The event Continue Reading…
The Civil Justice Council working group on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) published its final report in December 2018. The report clearly endorses the use of ADR and in particular mediation. In fact the interim report called mediation, “The pre‐eminent non‐adjudicative dispute resolution process conducted in parallel with litigation” and the working group found no cause to alter their position Continue Reading…
Michel Kallipetis QC was an appointed Observer for the International Academy of Mediators and The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators to the UNCITRAL Working Group II meeting in Vienna in September 2016 and in New York in February 2017 to discuss the proposed Convention/Model Law on the enforcement of international commercial mediation settlement agreements and contributed Continue Reading…
IM-Christmas 2018
Independent Mediators are very proud to announce that all nine of our members have been listed in the top bands of the mediators section in the new edition of Chambers and Partners 2019 released this month. This is a tremendous achievement for all. We are delighted with the rankings and are extremely grateful to all Continue Reading…
Independent Mediators are very proud to announce that all nine of our members have been listed in tier one of the mediators section in the new edition of Legal 500 released this month. This is a tremendous achievement for all. We are delighted with the rankings and are extremely grateful to all our instructing solicitors Continue Reading…
We are delighted that all nine of the mediators at Independent Mediators have been listed in the newly launched Legal 500 Hall of Fame. Legal 500 say, ‘The Legal 500 Hall of Fame highlights individuals who have received constant praise by their clients for continued excellence. The Hall of Fame highlights, to clients, those who Continue Reading…
Independent Mediators awarded Who's Who Legal Mediation Firm of the Year 2019
22.10.2019
Mark Lomas QC features in latest edition of Who's Who Legal-Mediation 2019 released in Oct 2019… https://t.co/RqMehcmgwQ
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