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Employment Update Tuesday 14th September 2010 - Daresbury Park Hotel, Warrington 14/09/2010

Registered Providers Breakfast Seminar: Banking & Finance – The Three Sides to the Triangle Venue: Drury House, 19 Water Street, Liverpool, L2 0RP. Timings: 8.30 am for 9.00 am start, 10.30 am finish 15/09/2010

Registered Providers Breakfast Seminar: Banking & Finance – The Three Sides to the Triangle Venue: Pall Mall Court, 61 - 67 King Street, Manchester, M2 4PD. Timings: 8.30 am for 9.00 am start, 10.30 am finish 16/09/2010

CIPD/CMI - Organisational Development Conference Venue: Haydock Park Racecourse Timings: 8.30 am for 9.15 am start, 4.30 pm finish (lunch included) 22/09/2010

Knutsford Diners Club – 22nd September 2010 Venue: The Stuffed Olive, Knutsford. Timings: 6.00 pm arrival. Cost: £20.00 per person. 22/09/2010


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Mediation

Solicitors that have experience in mediation

Craig Blakemore is a head of department and is based at the Liverpool office. He has experience in mediation and advises on all aspects of commercial litigation, particularly commercial contract disputes, mediation and professional negligence, interim relief applicants and intellectual property matters.

In addition to being the head of department with mediation expertise, Craig is a member of the Society for Computers and the Law and the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association. In his spare time he enjoys Rugby, squash, motorcycling and ski-ing.

Richard Corran is the local head of a Mace & Jones' Department in Manchester, has experience in mediation and leads a department of 13 lawyers.

Richard has a wide ranging practise within commercial litigation. He undertakes pre-emptive applications, contract claims, professional negligence, pension matters, mediation, public law, judicial review and property litigation.

Richard can give practical and pragmatic advice in mediation and is skilled at tactical litigation. He is a visiting lecturer at BPP Law School.

Mediation information:

One point that you can think about if you are considering seeking mediation is the matter of relationships. In seeking mediation you will not just be showing your assertiveness about the situation, you will also be making it clear that you are willing to listen to all parties that are involved in the dispute and take their concerns into consideration.

Mediation at Mace & Jones

Our Mediation team can provide swift, cost-effective and practical solutions to a whole range of legal problems and provide Mediation on your behalf. Mediation advice at an early stage can guide events towards a satisfactory settlement and prevent a dispute from escalating. If litigation appears to be the best solution, we will act swiftly and decisively to safeguard our client's interests.

We have extensive experience in Mediation for major injunction cases and have the resources to tackle the most complex cases, from engineering disputes to intellectual property issues. We have dedicated Construction Law, Insolvency and Property solicitor teams to advise our Mediation team in these specialist areas. In addition, several of our partners are members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators or accredited mediators, which adds to their expertise in Mediation.

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