To instruct me as a Barrister or Mediation Advocate, or to appoint me as a Mediator, please contact my Clerk at 1 EC Barristers who will agree my fee and issue an invoice for payment.
1 EC Barristers, 3 Kings Bench Walk North, Temple, London EC4Y 7HR.
Tel: 020 7936 3030 or 020 7832 1010.
Tel out of hours: 07721 866 858.
Email: clerks@1ec.co.uk
Before contacting my Clerk, please email him a brief summary about the following:
- What is the dispute about?
- What is the value of the dispute and what assets are involved?
- Who are the parties and if legally represented who are their lawyers?
- Where are the parties and their lawyers located?
- Have all parties involved agreed to Mediation?
- How will the Mediation take place – i.e. by Zoom or face to face?
- What is the time frame for starting and conducting the Mediation?
Please note:
- I do not undertake any Public Access work or conduct litigation.
- I only undertake cases where the amount in dispute is below £2.5 million.
- I only mediate Trust, Estate, Art and Cultural Property, and Commercial Contract (including Artists’ Rights and Music) disputes.
- Mediators do not provide commercial, legal, or tax advice, and do not draft settlement agreements. I charge on a fixed fee basis, payable in advance to my Chambers Bank Account, and have a standard Mediation Agreement, which sets out the ground-rules for the Mediation, which must be signed by all parties and anybody else who attends the Mediation. To understand the process better, please read the two articles about ‘Mediating Probate & Trust Disputes’ at the top of the Publications page.
- With the exception of pre-mediation day Zoom calls, all Mediation days by Zoom will be conducted by me in Chambers at 1 EC Barristers in London between 10am to 5.30pm. See also: SOM Guide to Remote Mediation 2024.pdf (wildapricot.org)
For information about the CMC Fixed Fee Scheme for claims below £50K, see https://civilmediation.org/fixed-fee-scheme/