CEDR Chambers

CEDR Chambers is a practice group of mediators who have come together to offer the very highest standards of service to clients. Our mediators have obtained the highest levels of training in advanced mediation techniques and posess expertise in a wide variety of sectors.

The Practices of CEDR Chambers mediators are managed by a team of professionals based at the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), managed by John Munton, who has over 25 years experience in dispute resolution.

To book a mediator please contact us by telphone on +44 (0) 20 7536 6060 or email adr@cedr-solve.com.

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Eileen Carroll
A highly experienced mediator and co-founder of CEDR Solve, Eileen's mediation practice has a strong commercial and international perspective. “Lauded by clients as proactive, tenacious and effective…not afraid to challenge parties … described as a key factor in unlocking negotiations”Chambers & Partners Guide to the Legal ProfessionBand ... more »
Karl Mackie
“He was great in fact; very calm and took heat out of the situation. He was quite firm too when needed.  The parties were pretty entrenched but he took control of the situation”     (Partner of European law firm, International tax dispute) “When you have what I would class as the leading mediator in the country then you know you will have no cause for ... more »
Ronald Bradbeer
A solicitor and consultant with Eversheds LLP with over 30 years litigation experience, Ronald is a Northumberland based senior mediator and facilitator. Ronald Bradbeer has an in depth background in litigation within Eversheds LLP (or one of its earlier components). He has been an accredited CEDR mediator since 1993 and for several years ran a litigation practice and a ... more »
Frances Maynard
Frances Maynard is a former Director of CEDR and the former Head of Faculty. She was primarily responsible for CEDR’s training and educational capabilities and she still works closely with CEDR in the role of Senior Consultant. Frances was accredited in 1994 and currently has had for some years a full-time practice as a mediator. Practicing for 17 years she is also ... more »
Christopher Newmark
Partner in a specialist commercial dispute resolution law firm, Chris is an experienced arbitrator, lead mediator and a member of the CEDR Solve Direct Panel. His mediations have covered a very broad range of commercial disputes. As a commercial litigation solicitor, he has also acted on many occasions as a representative of parties in mediations both in the ... more »
Heather Allen
"A Winning combination of pragmatism and insight" Chambers & Partners Guide to the Legal Profession   Heather Allen has been a full time professional mediator since 1995 and is a member of the CEDR Chambers Practice Group. She combines her experience from a career in the commercial world with her expertise as a qualified barrister to resolve disputes effectively ... more »
John Fordham
A partner at Stephenson Harwood and Head of Commercial Litigation, John has significant mediation experience, both as mediator and party representative. John was accredited as a mediator by CEDR in 1995 and has been mediating regularly ever since. He also sits as an arbitrator, most recently in a solicitors partnership dispute. Representation of clients in ... more »
Andy Grossman
Andy has been a professional in the field of conflict resolution since 1999 when he joined CEDR as a Director. His mediation and facilitation practice extends well beyond that assumed of his original profession as an architect. He has particular expertise in multi-party/multi-person conflicts and conflicts where personalities have become a major obstacle to resolution. ... more »
Tony Allen
Tony became a full-time CEDR Director in 2000, having previously been Dispute Resolution head for over 25 years at Bunkers, a Sussex solicitors’ firm, where he represented many private and commercial clients at mediations. Accredited by CEDR in 1996, he has become well known for mediating and developing mediation of personal injury, clinical negligence, related ... more »
Neil Goodrum
Neil was accredited by CEDR as a mediator in December 1997. He has extensive experience in mediating disputes in many different areas including: employment, partnership, shareholders, inter-business, professional negligence and probate. The amounts in dispute in these cases have ranged from relatively modest sums to many millions of pounds. He is a ... more »
Nicholas Gould
We have appointed Nicholas a number of times to act as mediator. We cannot fault him in this role and will be using him again.” - In-house Counsel, Major Contractor     Nicholas Gould is a very experienced and highly regarded mediator. He is a dual qualified solicitor and chartered surveyor, and a specialist mediator in the construction sector. He has ... more »
Patrick Sherrington
Patrick is the Co-Head of the Litigation, Arbitration and Employment Practice at Hogan Lovells and has considerable experience of multi-party disputes and group litigation, much of which has an international dimension. Patrick is named as a leading individual in the field of commercial litigation in Chambers and in the Legal 500 directories. He is also ... more »
Gerard Khoshnaw
Gerard has handled over 100 mediations in the UK since being accredited by CEDR in 1999. He has been appointed to the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) mediator panel and has (and still is) recommended by authoritative legal directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers. He is also head of Commercial Disputes (North) at city law firm Nabarro LLP. He specialises ... more »
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell is a commercial lawyer and Legal Adviser at the CBI with many years' experience of dispute resolution in industry and as a practising mediator since 2000. His experience in mediation and expert determination covers IT, technology, commercial, IP and international disputes. Mediations have included many high-value projects in the public and private ... more »
James South
“James was a very good mediator. The clients were quite demanding and difficult and he got the measure of them very quickly. He was very good at managing the clients, keeping them in check and built up a good rapport” With 14 years experience as a mediator in the United Kingdom and Internationally, James has mediated many types of disputes ... more »
John Price
John has mediated successfully on more than 100 UK and international, wide ranging disputes from relatively low value to £multi-millions. His ‘success' rate is approximately 90%. He is a Court of Appeal Mediation Scheme Mediator. He also acts as Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Dispute Board Chair and Independent Expert. He is experienced in ... more »
Mark Manley
Mark Manley has mediated over 160 cases, of which all but five have settled. These have mainly been media, sport, IP and contractual issues. Several have involved premiership football clubs, managers and players, actors and TV and film companies. Mark has been a Partner at the law firm Brabners Chaffe Street since 1992 and a Deputy District Judge on the Northern Circuit ... more »
Tim Hardy
Tim is a highly experienced Mediator, accredited since 1998, who regularly receives appointments to mediate complex commercial disputes. Tim is head of the Commercial Litigation team at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP and has over 30 years experience of dispute resolution across a range of issues including corporate transactions, partnership,  financial services, funds, ... more »
Stephen Bate
“Success [i.e. settlement] ... was to a large extent due to the skill, expertise and persistence of Stephen. .... I would not hesitate to recommend Stephen as a mediator in future, nor would I hesitate in using him again.” - Mediation Feedback Stephen is an experienced mediator and recommended in the Legal 500. He uses forensic and legal skills as a barrister ... more »
Alan Jacobs
Alan Jacobs has been involved in dispute resolution for over 24 years and is a senior partner at the international law firm, DLA. Alan was accredited as a CEDR mediator in 2002. Alan is Location Head of the Insurance group in Birmingham. He has considerable experience in handling, personal injury, employers' liability and public liability claims for both ... more »
Fiona Colquhoun
Fiona Colquhoun has been a CEDR Solve Panel Mediator since 2004 and has an excellent reputation for a wide range of commercial and employment mediations, facilitations, independent reviews, investigations, and other neutral interventions. Clients have praised her versatility and unique mixture of business, corporate, ADR and coaching credentials describing her as their ... more »
Nick Pearson
"His interventions were always to the point and I felt that the parties recognised and valued his obvious experience" - Mediation Feeback   Recognised in Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 as a top City litigator, Nick Pearson  practiced law internationally for over 25 years in the dispute resolution field including a significant period based in Hong ... more »
Mark Summerfield
Mark Summerfield was accredited by CEDR in May 2003. An experienced solicitor, Mark is head of litigation and dispute resolution at a commercial law firm in London, with particular expertise in banking, insolvency, corporate, property and media-related disputes. Mark's mediation practice has developed over the past 15 years, complementing his commercial ... more »
Joe Tirado
Joe Tirado is the head of international arbitration and ADR at Norton Rose. He was accredited as a CEDR Mediator in March 2004. With over 18 years of legal practice, Joe has advised extensively on mediation and appeared on numerous occasions as counsel, assistant and lead mediator. Joe has handled high-value matters in a wide range of industry sectors including ... more »
Graham Massie
"It was a very complicated, lengthy mediation and he managed to get parties to agree which was a huge achievement. Highly competent." A Chartered Accountant with a Big Four (KPMG) background and direct commercial experience in both London and the US, Graham Massie is particularly suited to the mediation of complex commercial disputes or where the ... more »
Joe Shammah
Joe, Former Senior Partner at Shammah Nicholls LLP, Manchester, and presently acting as a Law Firm Consultant, has been Accredited by CEDR since November 2005, was Appointed to the CEDR Solve Mediator Panel in August 2006, and the CEDR Solve Direct Panel in April 2008. Joe has Mediation expertise and experience in the following areas: Banking, Financial Services, ... more »
Caroline Sheridan
“Impressive!  She grasped key issues quickly whilst maintaining a wonderful rapport.” “She opened our eyes to solutions which would otherwise have escaped us.” “We managed to get an outcome we would never have thought possible because of your tenacity.  We felt supported, understood and challenged which enabled us to move forward and draw a ... more »

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