Frederick Way

Frederick Way is a Lead Trainer in Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Management for CEDR. As a practitioner, Frederick is a leading UK Mediator working across civil, commercial and employment disputes. In December 2024, Frederick was named Civil/Commercial Mediator of the Year at the National Mediation Awards, the highest award in UK Mediation. Having trained as a barrister, Frederick has worked since 2013 as a mediator and has extensive experience of civil, commercial, employment, private client, professional negligence, property, wills, trusts and probate, arts, charity, appeals and tax mediation. In his practice, Frederick has mediated disputes between individuals, large corporates, charities and public bodies. He regularly mediates high value civil, commercial and employment claims and cases with complex legal issues or heightened interpersonal conflict. He has worked on cases from disputes between private individuals through to multi-million pound commercial disputes and those involving large national bodies. He is recognised for his ability to provide balance of the commercial, personal and legal drivers, narrow the issues and guide parties towards settlement. As a trainer, Frederick has worked with individuals and organisations across the world to help them to develop their mediation skills. He is one of the Lead Trainers of CEDR’s Mediator Skills Training Course as well as an expert on negotiation and conflict management. Frederick is a regular speaker and writer on mediation, and has recently spoken at the UK House of Lords, the Industrial Law Society and the University of Copenhagen Masterclass Programme on Mediation.