On Monday 10 March, 2003, the Court of Appeal announced that it had appointed Cedr Solve, one of the leading commercial mediation providers, to administer a relaunched Court of Appeal scheme (Cams). Professor Hazel Genn’s report on the Court Mediation Scheme at the Central London County Court included a review of the previous Court of Appeal Scheme. She reported that the take-up had been disappointingly low and the success rate was less than 40% of those who, in fact, did accept the invitation to submit their appeal to mediation.
One of Professor Genn’s main criticisms was that when the full-time administrator’s contract came to an end there was no funding for a replacement and, as a result, the scheme effectively fell into disuse. After two years intensive research and lobbying, Cedr Solve has obtained the contract to administer the new scheme on a commercial basis.
