Advancing ADR In Personal Injury Claims

Having mediated personal injury and clinical negligence disputes for the past 13 years, it is pleasing to see that there are now signs of modest satisfaction that mediation really has begun to be understood and used, particularly after its frustratingly slow development during the early part of that period.   The fact that CEDR was able to launch its new PI Unit (PIU) at Thompsons, the well-known national claimant firm, attended by other firms and defendant insurers such as AXA (who along with Thompsons are new members of CEDR), was a huge testament to these organisations' view on ADR, signifying an exciting development in the industry.

CEDR's PIU was created to ensure quality ADR services are available to resolve disputes of all sizes in an appropriate way.  The cost benefit of mediation is easy to justify in major five, six and seven-figure claims, however it has been harder to justify it in the fast-track cases, where face-to-face mediation is affordable on a