Mediation in Planning and Compensation
Description
John Pugh-Smith and Juan Lopez, specialist counsel and accredited mediators, take an introductory look at how mediation is beginning to be enthusiastically mobilised in the areas planning, compulsory purchase and compensation. Drawing from personal experiences they explain how mediation, as part of well-established case management, is now emerging as a necessary part of the practitioner’s toolkit and resolution techniques, so in providing an alternative solution or constructive contribution to disputes that are common within these practice areas, thereby reducing litigation risk. They discuss how a carefully considered and dynamic approach taken to mediation can prove both positive and accessible in many and varying instances, and, in assuredly serving the commercial and other interests of promoters, landowners, infrastructure bodies, and objectors alike as well as assisting the regulating public bodies.
United States
