Three leading personal injury groups have joined forces to create a register for mediators.
The unique AFM Register of Mediators, due to be launched later this summer, has been created by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) and the Motor Accidents Specialist Solicitors (MASS). The trio recognised there is a shortage of places to find and appoint a mediator for injury cases specifically.
‘Mediation is a useful tool for practitioners and can be an effective way to resolve matters for injured people particularly when a case has additional sensitivities, such as when there is a relationship to salvage with an employer,’ said APIL president Brett Dixon.
FOIL CEO Laurence Besemer said: ‘With the Civil Justice Council working party looking at compulsory mediation and the long-standing approach of the courts penalising refusal to mediate with costs sanctions, the time is clearly right to launch this register.’
For more information on how to join, contact APIL’s legal policy officer, Alice Taylor, at alice.taylor@apil.org.uk or visit http://afmregisterofmediators.org.uk.
