June 9, 2006
Dickens Favored Mediation
My brother the Knoxville attorney, Steve Collins of Burroughs Collins & Jabaley, was doing a little research in preparation for mediation efforts and came across the following view of the court room as it appeared in Chapter 5 of Charles Dickens’ novel “The Bleak House.”
“Tom Jarndyce was often in here. He got into a restless habit of strolling about when the cause was on, or expected, talking to the little shopkeepers, and telling ’em to keep out of Chancery, whatever they did. ‘For,’ says he, ‘it’s being ground to bits in a slow mill; it’s being roasted at a slow fire; it’s being stung to death by single bees; it’s being drowned by drops; it’s going mad by grains.’”
Settlement sounds better all the time. Brother Steve reports that the Bleak House quote used in his Power Point presentation resonated with all parties. Thanks, at least in part, to Mr. Dickens all controversies were successfully mediated short of the “Chancery”! After all, who wants to be drowned by drops?
For other tidbits from brother Steve, check out the following prior posts:
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