Family Disputes
Brothers Business
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The Family Dispute
Family disputes, two brothers were minority shareholders in a construction company, due to ongoing difficulties their employment was terminated they petitioned the court for the defendant their uncle to buy their shareholding and repay £220,000 of dividends that they claimed had been due to them and withheld.
The fact that this dispute concerned finances as well as a family element made it very difficult and very emotional.
Family Business Settlement
The mediation was tense and difficult to say the least, the uncle accepted that there was a legitimate claim re the dividends but disputed the amount in question.
The parties agreed to settle for £350,000 which comprised of the shares and dividend issues.
Family Mediation Process
The nephews had taken over their late father who they claimed had built this company up from nothing and when he ran into financial difficulty his brother their uncle came on board to assist.
The uncle contended without his money the company would have gone bankrupt years ago and without his financial contribution and reorganisation it would not have still been a viable healthy company.
Family Business Statistics
The mediation took 1 day compared to the year this family dispute had already gone on.
The mediation only cost each party a fraction, compared to the thousands they had already spent on legal fees, and the thousands they would have had to spend, had they continued with Court action.
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2002 CEDR, Academy of Experts, ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 20+years of experience. 1000+ mediation’s, 90% success rate. Mediated every type of commercial, workplace, boundary & family dispute. CIArb mediation assessor & trainer since 2007. ADR Group, Head of Mediation Training 2018 – 2020. English & Punjabi speaker.
Harvinder Singh BhurjiLLB (Hons), QDR(M), MCIArb, MCMI, CTLLSDirector, International Commercial & Workplace Mediator & Trainer
1998 CEDR & ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 24 years experience, CIArb & RICS mediation trainer & assessor. Coach since 1987. Specialisms racial discrimination, unfair & constructive dismissal, bullying. Property, family businesses, construction, professional negligence. Director, partnerships, business, joint venture, debt, employment.
Jane WalmsleyBA, LLB, LLM, MCIArb, UKCP, MBACPPsychotherapist, Coach, Commercial &
Workplace Mediator, Barrister (non-practicing)
2004 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 18 years mediation experience. CIArb Commercial Mediation Assessor. Solicitor & Consultant at Freeths 45+ years. Specialisms, dispute resolution, professional negligence, clinical negligence, product liability, personal injury, defamation & sports law.
Paul BalenLLB (Hons), Solicitor & Consultant at Freeths LLP, Director of Trust Mediation, Commercial Mediator
Dentist, CIArb & ADR Group Accredited Mediator, 17 years mediation experience, has been involved in over 100 civil & commercial mediations.
Dr. Michael ButterworthBDS, DGDP(UK), MFDS (RCS Eng), LLM, MCIArbDentist & Commercial & Family Mediator
2005 ADR Chambers Accredited Mediator. 16 years mediation experience. Chartered Accountant & Insurance Practitioner. Expert witness. Specialisms, insurance, liquidations, professional negligence, construction & boundaries.
David S BlackBSc (Hons) CA FCII FCILA ACIArb MEWICommercial Mediator & Accountant
2010 CIArb Accredited Mediator. 12 years mediation experience. Specialisms, construction, engineering, contract, employment, partnership, shareholder & professional negligence disputes.
Martin CollingwoodSolicitor, Commercial Mediator,Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Med – Arb specialist
1996 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 26 years mediation experience. CIArb commercial mediation course tutor & assessor. Specialisms, construction, contracts, corporate sale, landlord & tenant, employment, personal injury & professional negligence.
Grant GoodladBarrister & Commercial Mediator 
2002 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 20 years mediation experience. Consensio workplace mediation course trainer. Specialisms, business, charities, contract, education, workplace, landlord & tenant, media, partnership, public sector, wills & probate.
Carolyn GrahamCommercial & Workplace Mediator 
ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 16 years mediation experience. 19 years as a civil litigator. Specialisms, personal injury, clinical & professional negligence, partnership, employment, landlord & tenant, commercial contract, boundary & probate disputes.
Phil HeskethSolicitor till 2008, Commercial Mediator 
1997 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 25 years mediation experience. Head of insurance litigation department, specialising in personal injury & insurance litigation. Specialisms, personal injury, professional negligence, partnership, landlord & tenant.
Paul Hughes Solicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2007 ADR Group Accredited Mediator.15 years mediation experience. Specialisms, property, insurance, construction, professional negligence, boundaries, landlord & tenant & engineering.
Russell JonesSolicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2003 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 2004 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 19 years mediation experience. Various directorships. Specialisms, building, construction, family business, partnership, commercial contracts, landlord & tenant & professional negligence.
Robin LeeBSc Mech Engineering, Commercial Mediator 
2007 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 15 years mediation experience. Specialisms, construction, property, commercial landlord & tenant, boundary, shared ownership, occupation & Inheritance Act disputes.
Michael McCourtLLB MSc FCIArb, Deputy DistrictJudge, Commercial & Family Mediator
2002 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 20 years mediation experience. Qualified as a Solicitor in 1982. Family Mediator (MIAMs) trained also. Specialisms, family, probate, contract, debt recovery, & workplace disputes.
Frances PlaceCommercial & Family Mediator 
1997 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 25 years mediation experience. Solicitor since 1991, for many years having obtained a Ist Class Honours Law Degree from Liverpool University. Specialisms, commercial, company, contract, employment, insolvency & personal injury law.
John RocheLLB (Hons) Solcitor & Commercial Mediator
2007 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 15 years mediation experience. Family & workplace mediation trained. Specialisms, probate, landlord / tenant, boundary, partnership, building, contract, insurance, professional negligence, family & workplace.
Julian RendallLLM, MCIArb, FMCA, MIAM's PPCSupervisor, Commercial, Workplace & Family Mediator
2002 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 20 years mediation experience. Specialisms, business, company, contract, debt recovery, director & partnerships.
Jeffrey C RosenthalBSc (Econ) FCCA FCIArb MAE, Accountant,Arbitrator, Expert Witness & Commercial Mediator
2007 CIArb Accredited Mediator. 15 years mediation experience. Senior Counsel, Arbitrator, Conciliator, Med Arb & Expert Determination specialist. Specialisms, building, construction, civil engineering, rail, marine, energy, site remediation, professional negligence, contract & partnerships.
Ken SalmonMCIArb, Consultant Solicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2005 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 17 years mediation experience. Family Mediator also.
Vice President of the Law Society of England & Wales. English, Punjabi & Urdu speaker. Specialisms, property, boundary, directors, probate & contract.
Lubna ShujaSolicitor, Commercial & Family Mediator 
2002 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 20 years mediation experience. CIArb commercial mediation assessor. Issued over 175 arbitration awards. Co-author of ‘The Arbitration Act 1996 – A Commentary’. Principal Lecturer, University of the West of England. Specialisms, property, commercial & construction.
Jonathan TecksMA, FCIArb, DiplCArb, Barrister,Arbitrator, Academic & Commercial Mediator
2003 ADR Chambers Accredited Mediator. 19 years experience. Family & workplace mediation trained. Specialisms, construction, engineering, PFI/Projects, professional negligence, neighbour, litigation, family & workplace.
Peter WebsterSolicitor, Commercial, Workplace & Family Mediator 
