Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, gave the keynote speech at the 2015 CMC Annual Conference on 12th May 2015.  

He explained that, unlike today, when he was in practice at the Bar, mediation was virtually unheard of in the world of United Kingdom civil litigation.  However, interestingly he observed that in the 11th century mediation was common in England, with the Church instructing all Christians to avoid litigation and threatening those who did not agree to mediate with excomm...
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