Examples of Recent Mediations Include

• Agricultural – land ownership, partnership, dilapidations, soil depreciation, milk supply, and bedding systems
• Building – involving floor slabs, asbestos removal, metalwork and timber supplies, roofs, brickwork, architects and engineers negligence, conservatory supplies and domestic
• Contractual disputes – over training contracts, complex machinery, employment rights
• Partnership – solicitors and professional dissolutions
• Property – to include dilapidations, rights of way, adverse possession, housing development
• Four agricultural partnership disputes involving family members arguing over property or other assets. These are highly charged inter familial disputes which are challenging, enduring, highly costly, but have a high settlement ratio. Often joint meeting are impossible because of the complex historical relationships.
• Construction claims such as a £400,000 professional negligence claim, a substantial and three smaller ground settlement claims, a poorly laid multiple retailer’s wooden floor, a number of technical disputes involving air conditioning, supermarket stocking systems, and two house builder/owner claims.
• Shipping dispute involving a £250,000 repair bill. Settlement involved repatriating the crew to the Philippines.
• Property disputes outside agriculture ranging between two high voltage boundary disputes (with costs in both exceeding £50,000 per party), a £600,000 bank repossession, a car park for 4,000 vehicles and the fall out following the breakup of a property owning partnership.
• Probate disputes to include one involving the deceased’s mistress and surviving son where again joint meetings were out of the question.
• Commercial contract disputes to include ones involving food, advertising hoardings and shareholder agreements.