The Cost Of Not Mediating

Mediation is a voluntary process, albeit that courts can impose cost penalties for refusal to engage with it.

But what happens if one of the parties ticks to their bullish litigation guns?

Here’s a very interesting article from Peter Brewer a Partner in Clarke Willmott which tells a somewhat cautionary tale about getting stuck in a “litigation trench” and steadfastly refusing to engage or venture over the parapet.

It leads, unfortunately, to disaster for this litigant.

Here’s the story…