Solicitors attitudes to mediation - a Canterbury study

The area of dispute resolution and particularly ADR provides a research rich landscape. It is therefore somewhat surprising that little empirical research has actually been undertaken in this area in the UK. Such university-based research not only encourages outreach into the legal services community and assists knowledge exchange activities, but also informs and enriches the undergraduate Law curriculum and on a macro level, can achieve impact and recognition through influencing policy-making.

A recent small-scale study undertaken by the Canterbury Christ Church Mediation Clinic which is part of the School of Law (The Christ Church Study) into solicitors’ attitudes to mediation has been undertaken and the findings are compared to those of an earlier study undertaken by Dame Professor Hazel Genn.