POINTS OF LAW - DRAINAGE - Wealden District Council

This article is reproduced here by kind permission of the Country Land and Business Association - A copy of the full judgement is here.

In 1999 the Civil Procedure Rules changed the way that cases such as the above are dealt with. The courts now actively encourage Mediation and the culture that litigation should be seen as the last resort. This means that even if you win a case you may not now be entitled to your costs if you did not first attempt to settle the dispute by Mediation. If vou have a dispute, have you therefore considered MEDIATION?