Work Examples

Examples of mediations undertaken

Paul has mediated across a broad range of disputes, many with very high values, and has developed particular expertise in many of the areas mentioned below, with a few examples:

Paul has mediated many types of disputes within areas listed below:

Banking

• Security

• Hedging and derivatives products

• FSMA/COBS

• Fraud

• Guarantees

Commercial/Contract

• Logistics

• Mismanagement of a steam boiler plant

• Theft of £m’s worth of goods from hotel safe

• Supply

• Renegotiation of a car design contract

• Sales and marketing

• Defective machinery

• Warranty claims

• Franchises

• Competition

• IT Infrastructure

Construction

• Cases involving many of the large construction companies in the UK in both the commercial and domestic house-building sector

• M&E claims

• Numerous high value domestic property/construction disputes (£10m range)

• Numerous claims involving subcontractors, architects and surveyors

Divorce

• Ancillary relief disputes

Employment

• Senior employee claims

• Covenant claims

• Breach of fiduciary duties

• Springboard injunction claims

• Disability discrimination

Fraud

• Supply chain

• Financial advisers

• Local Authorities

• Insurance

• NHS trusts

Group Action

• Noise nuisance

• Costs in a group action

• Against a local authority

Inheritance/Probate

• Capacity

• Undue influence

• Forgery

• Duress

• Fraudulent calumny

• 1975 Act claims

• Removal of Executors

• Trustee claims

Insolvency

• Wrongful trading

• Fraudulent trading

• Voidable transactions

• Financial assistance

• Public interest winding up petitions

Intellectual Property

• Copyright and design

• Website ownership

• Branding

International/Overseas Parties

• Isle of Man

• USA

• Canada

• France

• Japan

• Belgium

• Ireland

• Italy

• Spain

• UAE

• Singapore

• Germany

• Greece

Partnership

• Solicitors

• Accountants

• Architects

• Surveyors

• Consultants

• Doctors

• Farms

Professional Negligence

• Surveyors/ SAAMCO  

• Solicitors

• Accountants

• Architects

• Financial advisers

• Barristers

• Insurance brokers

Property

• Dilapidations

• Forfeiture

• Negligent mismanagement of commercial property

• Hazardous waste disposal

• Numerous high value domestic property/construction disputes (£10m range)

• Numerous boundary disputes

• Overage claims

Sport

• Cricket (commercial disputes involving county cricket)

• Triathlon (national association/club/coach)

• Football (commercial dispute)

• Rugby (competition dispute)

Shareholders

• Numerous shareholder/ quasi partnership disputes

• Directors duties

• Warranty claims following sale of a shareholding/ business

Trustees

• Breach of duties