Failure to Mediate: What are the Consequences?

Sheena Sood and Anna Braden of Beale & Co consider the case of Richards & Anor v Speechly Bircham Llp & Anor (Consequential Matters) [2022] EWHC 1512 (Comm) which, although it highlights the importance the Courts put on the parties engaging in mediation, suggests that a failure to engage in mediation is only one of the factors Courts look at when deciding on costs.

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