Tony Allen has been an accredited CEDR mediator since 1996. He became a full-time Director of CEDR in 2000 and served there for 11 years. Tony has mediated a wide range of disputes involving personal injury and clinical negligence, public law, human rights and professional indemnity, as well as general commercial claims. He then worked as a self-employed mediator and mediation trainer through CEDR, specialising in mediating clinical negligence, personal injury and human rights claims. Tony continues to write and lecture on mediation topics and is the author of Mediating Clinical Claims, also published by Bloomsbury Professional.

An enlightening, well-written, nicely segmented contribution to mediation development in the UK ... this is essential knowledge for anyone involved in mediation in England & Wales or in any country that follows or is influenced by UK practice.

• 1. Civil Justice: The Politics of Encouraging Settlement2. The Development in Judicial Attitudes to Settlement in Civil Justice3. The Status of Mediation in Terms of the Law 4. The Terms and Effect of the Mediation Agreement5. Mediators and the Law6. Mediation and the Civil Procedure Rules 19987. Ordering ADR – The Halsey Effect8. Ordering ADR – The Churchill Effect9. Costs Sanctions for Refusing to Mediate – The Pre-Halsey Years10. Costs Sanctions for Refusing to Mediate 2 – The Impact of Halsey11. Cases Where a Sanction was not Imposed for Refusing to Mediate; What Will the Impact of Churchill Be?12. Contracting in Advance to Use ADR13. Mediation and Without Prejudice Privilege14. Mediation and Confidentiality15. Some International Perspectives16. Mediation and Litigation Costs17. Litigation Funding and Mediation18. The Future of Mediation in England & WalesAppendices

Tony Allen has been an accredited CEDR mediator since 1996. He became a full-time Director of CEDR in 2000 and served there for 11 years. Tony has mediated a wide range of disputes involving personal injury and clinical negligence, public law, human rights and professional indemnity, as well as general commercial claims. He then worked as a self-employed mediator and mediation trainer through CEDR, specialising in mediating clinical negligence, personal injury and human rights claims. Tony continues to write and lecture on mediation topics and is the author of Mediating Clinical Claims, also published by Bloomsbury Professional.

An enlightening, well-written, nicely segmented contribution to mediation development in the UK ... this is essential knowledge for anyone involved in mediation in England & Wales or in any country that follows or is influenced by UK practice.

• 1. Civil Justice: The Politics of Encouraging Settlement2. The Development in Judicial Attitudes to Settlement in Civil Justice3. The Status of Mediation in Terms of the Law 4. The Terms and Effect of the Mediation Agreement5. Mediators and the Law6. Mediation and the Civil Procedure Rules 19987. Ordering ADR – The Halsey Effect8. Ordering ADR – The Churchill Effect9. Costs Sanctions for Refusing to Mediate – The Pre-Halsey Years10. Costs Sanctions for Refusing to Mediate 2 – The Impact of Halsey11. Cases Where a Sanction was not Imposed for Refusing to Mediate; What Will the Impact of Churchill Be?12. Contracting in Advance to Use ADR13. Mediation and Without Prejudice Privilege14. Mediation and Confidentiality15. Some International Perspectives16. Mediation and Litigation Costs17. Litigation Funding and Mediation18. The Future of Mediation in England & WalesAppendices

Tony Allen has been an accredited CEDR mediator since 1996. He became a full-time Director of CEDR in 2000 and served there for 11 years. Tony has mediated a wide range of disputes involving personal injury and clinical negligence, public law, human rights and professional indemnity, as well as general commercial claims. He then worked as a self-employed mediator and mediation trainer through CEDR, specialising in mediating clinical negligence, personal injury and human rights claims. Tony continues to write and lecture on mediation topics and is the author of Mediating Clinical Claims, also published by Bloomsbury Professional.

An enlightening, well-written, nicely segmented contribution to mediation development in the UK ... this is essential knowledge for anyone involved in mediation in England & Wales or in any country that follows or is influenced by UK practice.

• 1. Civil Justice: The Politics of Encouraging Settlement2. The Development in Judicial Attitudes to Settlement in Civil Justice3. The Status of Mediation in Terms of the Law 4. The Terms and Effect of the Mediation Agreement5. Mediators and the Law6. Mediation and the Civil Procedure Rules 19987. Ordering ADR – The Halsey Effect8. Ordering ADR – The Churchill Effect9. Costs Sanctions for Refusing to Mediate – The Pre-Halsey Years10. Costs Sanctions for Refusing to Mediate 2 – The Impact of Halsey11. Cases Where a Sanction was not Imposed for Refusing to Mediate; What Will the Impact of Churchill Be?12. Contracting in Advance to Use ADR13. Mediation and Without Prejudice Privilege14. Mediation and Confidentiality15. Some International Perspectives16. Mediation and Litigation Costs17. Litigation Funding and Mediation18. The Future of Mediation in England & WalesAppendices