Ministry Of Justice
Detail of outcome
The government response to the consultation on Increasing the Use of Mediation in the Civil Justice System was published in July 2023.
British Sign Language translation
Increasing the Use of Mediation in Civil Justice - BSL Translation
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation sets out the Governments proposal to automatically refer people involved in a civil dispute valued up to 10,000 for a free mediation session provided by Her Majestys Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) as part of the court process. It also seeks stakeholders views on how the Government can support and strengthen the external civil mediation sector.
At present, the proposals would cover all types of cases allocated to the small claims track, including personal injury and housing disrepair claims (where the threshold is lower than 10,000). The Government is consulting on whether certain case types should be exempt from the requirement to mediate.
The Government welcomes responses from court users, the mediation profession, the legal profession, the judiciary, the advice sector, and all those with an interest in the resolution of civil disputes.
A HTML version of the consultation is available and a British Sign Language version is published below.