Kevin Smyth
Mediator & Solicitor
Short Introduction
Kevin Smyth is an experienced civil mediator and former solicitor with extensive expertise across professional negligence, clinical negligence, employment, shareholder, probate and commercial disputes. Having spent his legal career specialising in civil litigation, he brings deep legal knowledge and significant experience of helping parties resolve complex and sensitive disputes.
Alongside his mediation practice, Kevin has extensive experience chairing appeals, reviews and workplace proceedings across both the public and private sectors. His practical, solution focused approach helps parties navigate difficult disputes and work towards constructive outcomes.
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About Work
Professional negligence, healthcare, employment and commercial disputes are central to Kevin's mediation practice. He regularly mediates disputes involving clinical negligence, personal injury, wills and probate, shareholder disagreements, partnership conflicts, workplace issues, financial services matters and family finance disputes.
Before becoming a mediator, Kevin practised exclusively as a civil litigation solicitor, handling complex claims across professional negligence, healthcare and commercial litigation. This experience provides him with a strong understanding of both legal and practical considerations in dispute resolution.
His mediation work spans professional negligence claims against solicitors, accountants and architects, shareholder and partnership disputes, workplace conflicts, construction disputes, insurance matters, probate claims and healthcare related disputes. He is particularly experienced in cases involving sensitive personal circumstances and complex legal issues.
Parties appreciate Kevin's pragmatic, energetic and settlement-focused style. Through thorough preparation, constructive reality testing and a balance of empathy and firmness, he helps parties engage productively and move towards practical and sustainable agreements.
Expertise
- Employment & Workplace
- Private Client
- Commercial & Corporate
- Construction, Property & Planning
- Banking, Finance & Insurances
- Public Sector & Governance
- Culture, Lifestyle & Sport
- Equality & Social Justice
- Industry, Energy & Environment
- Healthcare & Personal Matters
- Technology, Media & IP
Languages
- English
Awards
Fellow of the Civil Mediation Council (elected April 2021).
Civil/Commercial CEDR Panel Mediator since 2000.
Appointed and still currently a Court of Appeal Civil/Commercial Panel
Mediator.
Law Society’s Civil/Commercial Mediation Panel (Practitioner Member
from August 2002 until retirement as a solicitor).
Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel (May 1994 until retirement as a
solicitor).
Law Society’s Family Law Panel (June 1999 until May 2014).
Memberships
- The Law Society
- The Civil Mediation Council (made a Fellow April 2021)
- Sussex Law Society (President 2015/2016)
- High Sheriffs Association (since 2018 Kevin has been the Under Sheriff for the Bailiwick of Sussex).
Publications
The Legal Executive Journal November 2003 - Article published entitled
“Mediation - The Benefits for Litigants and their CPR Obligations.”
The Family Law Journal July 2010 - Article published entitled “Family
Mediation-another way?”.
Mediation Resolution’s website – www.mediationresolution.co.uk in the
Documentation and Resources section – Blog May 2024 – ‘How Lawyer-
Mediator cooperation creates successful outcomes.’
Other articles written for and seminars presented to local Chambers of
Commerce and trade organisations.