Justin Patten: “Can Mediation Save The BBC?”

A few years ago in London, I was finally able to meet Justin Patten, a solicitor who focuses on employment practices and related litigation out of Hertfordshire, the ancient, embattled county just north of greater London. This month at his well-regarded Human Law Ezine he asks “Can Mediation Save The BBC?“, a short but thoughtful piece triggered by the investigation into whether the beloved British Broadcasting Corporation, now in its 85th year, enabled or condoned a pattern of sexual misconduct between Sir Jimmy Savile, a BBC star who died last year, and underage or very young women “on BBC property and while he worked for the BBC”. The BBC also faces the question of whether a pedophile ring had operated there for decades. The scandal hasn’t just shaken the BBC and its public image. It continues to threaten its leadership and BBC jobs at several levels.