In the first of a series of articles on the legacy of Halsey, the 2004 authority that a court cannot order parties to mediate against their will, Tony Allen, solicitor and CEDR Chambers mediator, looks to the future of alternative dispute resolution
Allen assesses whether Halsey may have had an unsound basis before turning to the Civil Justice Council report from June 2021, which suggests an order to mediate may be legally valid after all.
His first article looks at the current position. His next one will look in detail at the Civil Justice Council report.
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