Christopher Cox, Author at Kluwer Mediation Blog

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Winners and Losers

Christopher Cox (Borneo Martell Turner Coulston LLP Solicitors)/January 11, 2017 /Leave a comment

“Life is a lottery and a lot of people lose but the winners, the grinners with money colour eyes eat all the nuggets and order extra fries” – Paul Simon, The Werewolf Lawyers who think their clients have ticked the ADR process box by saying their clients have tried ADR in their own negotiations without…

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Don’t Let Frustration and Impatience Ruin The Prospects of a Settlement

Christopher Cox (Borneo Martell Turner Coulston LLP Solicitors)/October 31, 2016 /Leave a comment

Tackling the cause of a dispute requires attention to detail. Often the real problem is lost in translation. Turning the fall out into legal definitions is the first step but it most certainly is not the most important as the law is only a component in a dispute and rarely provides an answer to it….