About Me
I'm a full-time lawyer-neutral dedicated to the resolution of conflict.
Alistair is one of the UK's most popular mediators. With well over 750 mediations to his name, Alistair is consistently ranked in the top tiers of Legal 500 (including the Hall of Fame), Chambers & Partners and the International Who's Who of Commercial Mediators.
With over 30 years' experience in dispute resolution at the highest level, Alistair trained as a mediator in 2006 and built his practice alongside his legal work, initially as a solicitor with a major international law firm and latterly a barrister. Coming from a background in all types of commercial, insurance and property disputes, for the majority of his legal career Alistair specialised in construction and insurance disputes. He has represented developers, contractors, construction professionals and their insurers in some of the biggest and most complex disputes in the UK, across the courts, arbitration, adjudication and mediation.
Alistair left legal practice in 2014 to work as a full-time mediator and has since developed one of the busiest practices in the UK. With a settlement rate well above the industry average, his straight-talking, imaginative style, his professionalism and his willingness to go the extra mile have led to the resolution of all types of civil and commercial disputes, from modest claims to complex multi-party cases up to £100 million. Alistair is valued for his attention to detail, his ability to focus minds on negotiation rather than attrition, and for his good humour (a much-underrated quality in mediation!).
Like all top mediators, Alistair has extensive experience of online mediations, which continue to be popular, particularly where there is an international element. Based in London and the South West, he mediates nationally, internationally and online.
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Types of dispute I mediate
Alistair mediates all types of civil and commercial dispute, including:
- Banking and financial services
- Commercial contracts
- Commercial property
- Company and shareholder disputes
- Construction and engineering
- Defamation
- Duress and undue influence
- Entertainment industry disputes
- Employment
- Franchising
- Fraud, deceit and conversion
- Inheritance and probate
- Insolvency
- Insurance (including coverage)
- Intellectual property
- IT and software disputes
- Land and property claims (all types)
- Landlord and tenant
- Partnership disputes
- Pensions and life insurance
- Personal injury
- Professional liability (all professions)
- Public law disputes
- Restitution and unjust enrichment
- Sports disputes
- Trespass and nuisance
“While my approach to mediation is mainly facilitative, I do not shy away from reality-testing and tough questions. I believe that a mediator trades on his integrity and honesty in encouraging disputants to explore their real interests, as distinct from their legal positions.”
Described as personable, direct and tenacious, Alistair has an intuitive and assured mastery of the mediation process, with an easy manner that belies his pragmatic, commercial and assertive approach. His straight-talking, imaginative style has led to resolution across all types of civil and commercial disputes.
Have a dispute you'd like to resolve?
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