Mediation | James Rosa Associates

Why do people choose mediation to resolve debts?

By Mr Bankruptcy 26th February 2021 Resolving debts is in the interest of all parties and it doesn’t always have to be done in court, with all the cost and heartache that can cause. For many of my clients, mediation is a positive step to addressing both the financial burden of their debt and the […]

Using personal experience to help mediate people out of debt

By Mr Bankruptcy 21st January 2021 Before founding James Rosa Associates in October 2010 Julian Donnelly’s journey to becoming a civil and commercial mediator has been a personal one, after he himself experienced personal bankruptcy following redundancy and a relationship breakdown. It was this experience that led Julian to working with the professional firm which […]

Mediation as a cost-effective alternative to insolvency litigation

By Mr Bankruptcy 31st July 2019 When the exemption for insolvency practitioners from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) ended in April 2016 it helped reiterate the importance of the role alternative dispute resolution in reaching a settlement. The impact of LAPSO LAPSO removed the no-win no fee arrangements that […]

Calling in bad debts: what’s going on with secondary lenders?

By Mr Bankruptcy 15th March 2019 I’ve seen a large increase in my debt casework involving personal guarantees lately but it’s been a while since a case involved one of the big four UK high street banks. Most of the problem debt cases I’m dealing with involves secondary lenders. So what’s going on with secondary […]

Tips for avoiding the Christmas debt hangover

By Mr Bankruptcy 17th December 2018 Christmas – a time for giving gifts, eating and drinking and inviting friends and family around to celebrate. But if you’re already facing a personal debt problem, or your business is suffering from cash flow issues, then you may not feel like celebrating; you may be worrying that Christmas […]

The Mediator’s Orange

By Julian Donnelly 4th May 2017 There is a well-known anecdote in the world of mediation (and often used in training courses) known as the mediator’s orange and it demonstrates the concept of added value in mediation that quite simply doesn’t exist in litigation. It starts with a mother going into the kitchen to […]

Mediation is the future for compliant insolvency practitioners.

by Caroline Clark, Director of RMCSC Limited Since April 2016 insolvency practitioners have not been able to recover either success fees or uplift fees in conditional fee agreements or any adverse costs insurance premium, as insolvency practitioners’ exemption from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came to an end. Regardless of consideration of […]