Government Departments: Mediation

(asked on 22nd May 2025) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using mediation in disputes in which the Government is a party in a (a) private and (b) public law capacity.


Answered by
Lucy Rigby Portrait
Lucy Rigby
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 5th June 2025

The Government conducts litigation in accordance with the relevant court rules and considers the individual circumstances of a dispute before deciding on an appropriate course of action, which may include mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

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