In Lehr vs. Afflitto, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that the trial court erred in permitting a mediator to testify during a hearing held to determine whether the parties had reached a settlement of their matrimonial dispute.
In a recent construction partnership break-up case, a New Jersey Chancery Judge addressed whether an arbitration award should be confirmed where one of the parties alleged that the arbitrator’s decision was erroneous because certain evidence was not considered.
This week’s podcast will be of a Estate Planning and Long Term Care Insurance seminar which we held in our office on Tuesday September 27, 2005. The seminar included a presentation by Allen Silk and Rosemary Durkin, members of the Firm’s Trusts & Estates group. Also presenting at the seminar was Richard Oring of Oring and Company who discussed long term care insurance.
Prompted by a recommendation by the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complimentary Dispute Resolution, there is a proposal pending to raise the compensation for Court-referred mediators. This should be a positive development, if adopted by the Court, and renew vigor to a program which has demonstrated its rightful place as a means of settling all manner of legal disputes.
