Kieran Wilson
Kieran is an employment and equality law specialist, recognised as a leading junior in the legal directories. He practises across the full range of employment law matters, in both the statutory and business protection spheres, acting for a wide range of clients across various sectors. He has particular experience in complex discrimination cases and other multi-day Tribunal matters engaging technical points of law. He is frequently instructed from the outset of proceedings and is valued for the balance he strikes between technical legal analysis and commercial approach to case strategy.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2016
Experience
- Littleton Chambers (2016 - Present)
Membership
- Employment Lawyers Association
- Employment Law Bar Association
- Industrial Law Society
Qualification
- BA (Hons) (2014)
Education
- University of Cambridge (2011-2014)
1 Contributions by Kieran Wilson
PRACTICE NOTES
Judicial mediation in the Employment Tribunal: a practitioner’s guide to process, preparation, strategy and settlement (England, Wales and Scotland)
Judicial mediation
As with any litigation, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is strongly promoted in employment tribunal proceedings and, in some situations, can be obligatory. For represented parties there is typically a built-in incentive to settle claims, since the default rule is that each side meets its own costs regardless of who ultimately prevails. Settlement curbs expenditure whilst also sidestepping litigation risk.
This Practice Note outlines the process of judicial mediation, one of the ADR options offered by the employment tribunal to assist the consensual resolution of disputes. Judicial mediation-unlike some other ADR routes available through the employment tribunal-is voluntary and depends on the agreement of both parties. The Practice Note is broadly divided into two parts (with an inevitable degree of overlap):
the first sets judicial mediation within the wider context of how ADR is used in the employment tribunal, and seeks to describe the mechanics of judicial mediation: when it occurs, what is required of the parties beforehand, and what to expect on the...
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