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Roderick O’Driscoll

Mediator Roderick O Driscoll, Rod is a Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator, a Notary Public and a qualified Solicitor of the Supreme Court.

Roderick was admitted as a solicitor in 1967 and has specialised in Construction and commercial matters for over thirty years. He became a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1991 and an accredited mediator in 1996. As well as acting in a private capacity in the above, he has for the last ten years or so lectured and run courses for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and others in all forms of ADR. His experience has primarily included the resolution of commercial disputes, all forms of building and civil engineering projects both here and abroad and, as a solicitor, he has had a full working experience of the Court practices and systems.

Educational and training:

  • Ampleforth College, Yorkshire
  • The Law Society
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Mediator Roderick O Driscoll Current Professional Activities:

  • Practising Arbitrator and Mediator
  • Legal Adviser on all ADR matters
  • Course lecturer, tutor, and examiner
  • Provision of Notarial Services

Mediator Roderick O Driscoll Legal Professional History

March 1957 to March 1962 – Articled to the Rt. Hon. Lewis Silkin – Minister of Town & Country Planning of Lewis Silkin & Partners, Stories Gate, Westminster, London

March 1962 Qualified Solicitor of the Supreme Court and became Partner in Lewis Silkin & Partners practising from London

March 1970 Appointment as Notary Public

1972 – 2001 Senior Partner in Roderick O’Driscoll & Partners, Maidstone, Kent specialising in commercial, industrial and building disputes principally in the High Court. Practising advocate in Magistrates, County Courts and Official Referee’s Court with experience of Court of Appeal and House of Lords. Involvement in Official Referee’s Court (now Technology and Construction Court) as advocate and instructing solicitor relating to disputes concerned with general construction matters. Instructed by many large companies in Europe and throughout the world dealing in a number of international cases.

2001 – 2008 Senior Partner in Gulland & Gulland, Maidstone, Kent as Head of Construction and Arbitration Department.

Mediator Roderick O Driscoll Memberships and associated activities

  • The Law Society of England.
  • The Institute of Chartered Arbitrators.
  • SICA FICA, an international organisation dealing with dispute resolution.
  • Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Panel member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Accredited Mediator (CIArb)
  • Professional member of Dispute Resolution Board
  • Assessor for Mediation Accreditation for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member of the Law Society Arbitration Panel
  • Approved Member of the Civil Mediation Council
  • Founder member of Keep Talking Eu (mediation suppliers)
  • Approved Tutor for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member of the Association of Building Engineers
  • Honorary Life Member of the Institute of Clerks of Works
  • Member of the Society of Construction Arbitrators
  • Member of the European Court d’Arbitage, Strasbourg
  • Lecturer and author of several articles on Arbitration Law
  • Co-founder of the South Eastern Dispute and Arbitration Centre
  • Vice Chairman of South East Branch of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Mediation panel member of Effective Dispute Solutions Limited

Mediator Roderick O Driscoll Previous experience and case work

Roderick has been involved in several hundred cases in his capacity of Arbitrator and/or Mediator both international and domestic, involving commercial, construction and engineering issues. He has gained close familiarity with all the principle forms of construction contracts. His experience extends to all types of building and civil engineering matters and he has a detailed knowledge of prolongation issues.

His commercial experience covers all forms of agreements including, amongst other subjects, intellectual property, partnership agreements, franchise agreements, Landlord and Tenant, and boundary issues.

In recent years, he has been involved both as advocate and as arbitrator in a number of international disputes, and domestic construction cases the values of which generally vary from £50,000 to in excess of £1m. His appointments, other than private appointments, are made by the Law Society or the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and he is a panel member of both organisations.

He is actively involved as a mediator receiving both private and Court appointments, and was a founder member of the Mediation Group of the South Eastern branch of the CIArb.

Ike Ehiribe

1982 – Called to the Nigerian Bar
1991 – Notary Public for Nigeria.
1994 – Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK.
1996 – Called to the Bar of England & Wales (Lincoln’s Inn)
1998 – Accredited Mediator of the Academy of Experts (Q.D.R.) Qualified Dispute Resolver.
2005 – Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
2007 – Chartered Arbitrator.

Mediator Ike Ehiribe Relevant Panel Listing specific to Mediation and ADR.

  • The Panel of Commercial Mediators of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
  • The Panel of Commercial Mediators of the Academy of Experts.
  • The Panel of Commercial Mediators for Effective Dispute Solutions Limited.
  • The Panel of Neutrals of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva(WIPO).
  • The UK Patents office Panel of Mediation providers.
  • Communication & Internet Services Adjudication Scheme
  • IP & Electronic Media Panel of CIARB (www.communications-adr.com)
  • The Panel of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Leaseholders Dispute Resolution Scheme.
  • The Property Panel of the London Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
  • The Public Access Barristers’ Association (PABA) Mediation Panel.
  • Senior Adjudicator and Panel Convenor of the Tenancy Deposit Protection Adjudication Scheme.
  • Senior Adjudicator and Panel Convenor of the Adjudication Scheme for Home Builders.

Mediator Ike Ehiribe Recent Dispute Resolution Training and Experience specific to Mediation and ADR

  • Attended three day Construction Adjudication training course conducted by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in May 2004.
  • Attended mandatory training course for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Leaseholders\’ Dispute Resolution Scheme conducted by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in November 2005.
  • Attended one day Training for the Dispute Resolution Scheme of the British Marine Federation in March 2007 conducted by the Academy of Experts.
  • Attended Expert Determination Course conducted by the Academy of Experts in February 2009.
  • Attended two day training workshop for Intellectual Property Mediators in May 2009 conducted by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva.
  • Appointed Assessor of Mediators seeking panel listing by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2004.
  • Appointed by the Department of Constitutional Affairs to promote the use of Mediation in the resolution of disputes in May 2005 at the Bedford and Luton County Courts during the Mediation Awareness week.
  • Appointed Course Director and Lead Trainer for the Tenancy Deposit Protection Panel and other Consumer Adjudication Schemes by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2007.
  • Delivered paper on the “Drafting of ADR Clauses in Maritime Contracts” at the School of African and Oriental Studies at the University of London in October 2008.
  • As an Accredited Mediator I have conducted Mediations in well over 200 civil and commercial disputes on the County Court Annexed Mediation Scheme, the National Mediation Helpline Scheme, the Cost Controlled Mediation Scheme and Ad hoc.
  • As a Chartered Arbitrator and Adjudicator I have issued well over 400 awards and decisions in civil and commercial disputes.
  • As Counsel I have advised and represented diverse parties involved in civil and commercial disputes in the County Court, The High Court, the Court of Appeal, domestic arbitral tribunals, international arbitral tribunals, court annexed mediation sessions, and ad-hoc mediation sessions.

Mediator Ike Ehiribe Other Relevant Appointments

  • Member the Hong Kong Mediation Council.
  • Nominated one of the Judges of the 2nd I.C.C. (International Chamber of Commerce) International Commercial Mediation Competition held in Paris in February 2007.
  • Former member of the ADR Committee of the General Council of the Bar (2006-2008).
  • Former Interim Chairman of the ADR Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators from January 2005-August 2005.
  • Former member of the ADR Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators from October 2001 – August 2005

Dr Peter Fenn

Mediator Dr Peter Fenn Present Posts

  • Senior Lecturer – University of Manchester
  • Partner – MJM Chartered Quantity Surveyors
  • Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Elected member of Dispute Resolution Faculty Board at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Mediator Dr Peter Fenn Professional Qualifications

  • Fellow Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
  • Registered Mediator Centre for Dispute Resolution
  • Diploma in Arbitration College of Estate Management
  • Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Mediator Dr Peter Fenn Industrial Experience

1980-1983 – Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Quantity Surveyors London.
1984          – Site based Quantity Surveyor, Balfour Beatty Construction Liverpool.
1984-1988 – Quantity Surveyor, Civil Engineers British Rail London and Swindon.
1988-date – Self employed consultant, Bristol Manchester and Dundee.
1993-date – Mediator at the Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR) London.
1994 -date – Mediator on the President’s Panel at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
1999-date – Independent Expert on the President’s Panel at the RICS
2000-date – Mediator on the Panel at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
2002-date – Mediator on the Panel at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
2004-date – Adjudicator on the panel at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Mediator Dr Peter Fenn Academic Experience

1988          – Visiting lecturer, Bristol Polytechnic.
1988-1990 – Lecturer, Dundee Institute of Technology.
1990-2001 – Lecturer, UMIST.
1992-date  – Tutor University of Bath
1994          – Tutor Horsens Polytechnic Denmark
1995          – Visiting Professor Florida International University
1995          – Visiting Professor University of Kentucky
1997-1998 – Scholar in Residence University of Kentucky
2000          – Visiting Lecturer Tsinghua University China
2001-date   – Senior Lecturer University of Manchester

Mediator Dr Peter Fenn Dispute Experience

  • Registered Mediator at CEDR from 1993
  • President’s Panel of Mediators at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1994
  • Panel of Mediators at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2000
  • President’s Panel of Independent Experts at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1999
  • Mediator Leeds Court Scheme 2000
  • Mediator Manchester and Liverpool Combined Court Scheme 2000
  • Mediator Birmingham Court 2002
  • Mediator Guildford Court 2003
  • Adjudicator on the President’s Panel at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2004

Some Recent Notable Referrals and Experience

1995
The World Bank, The British Council and the National Institute for Highways and Transport India. Delhi India on the use of ADR.

1997
Report for MOD on target cost and incentive contracts.

1998
Report for Hong Kong Construction Association on the Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts.

2000
Onwards: Course Tutor CIArb Mediation Training
Course Director CIArb Mediation Assessment

2003
Report for Hong Kong (SAR) Government on Dispute Resolution and Avoidance Mechanisms

1995
The World Bank, The British Council and the National Institute for Highways and Transport India. Delhi India on the use of ADR.

1997
Report for MOD on target cost and incentive contracts.

1998
Report for Hong Kong Construction Association on the Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts.

2000 Onwards:
Course Tutor CIArb Mediation Training
Course Director CIArb Mediation Assessment

2003
Report for Hong Kong (SAR) Government on Dispute Resolution and Avoidance Mechanisms

Overseas Experience

Mediation in various countries,1998 Report for Hong Kong Construction Association on the Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts; 2000 Invited Speaker at Hong Kong Whose Risk Conference and follow up to Grove Report. 2000 Invited Speaker at Tsinghua University

Publications

I have edited and authored 4 books and written more that 30 technical articles, a full list is available on request. My research has been cited in two government reviews: The Latham Review) and The Woolf Report.

Maz Adam Iqbal

Mediator Maz Adam Iqbal,was called to the Bar: 14th October 1999, Inner Temple – nominated by His Honourable Lord Justice Laws of the Royal Courts of Justice

Practice areas

  • Commercial including Debt Recovery and Contractual Disputes
  • Civil including Personal Injury, RTA/motor claims, Occupiers Liability
  • Consumer including Holiday Claims
  • Property including Mortgage repossessions
  • Mediation/ADR

Mediation

  • Accredited Mediator, Trained by ADR Chambers (UK) Ltd
  • Trained in Telephone Mediations
  • Trained in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)
  • Trained in Time Limited Mediations (Court Schemes & National Mediation Help line)
  • Member, Civil Mediation Council
  • Mediation Advisor, Manchester Mediation Advice Scheme (Launched April 2004). Appointed by the Department of Constitutional Affairs
  • Featured on www.venables.co.uk/adr.htm under ADR Providers
  • Featured in the Approved Bar Council List of Barrister Mediators
  • Adjudicator, The Dispute Service (Tenant Deposit Disputes)

Mediation Panel Memberships

  • Personal Injury Mediation Panel (RaPID), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Association of Northern Mediators
  • Manchester Law Society Mediation
  • Association of Midland Mediators
  • LawWorks Mediation (Pro Bono)
  • Effective Dispute Solutions Limited

Non-Mediation Memberships

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Bar Pro Bono Unit

Employment History

  • Advocacy Clerk, Antony Hodari Solicitors 1999-2000
  • Legal Advisor, Thompsons Solicitors 2000-2003
  • Employment Lawyer, British Medical Association 2003
  • Trent Chambers, Chamber of Ms U Sood 2004-2006
  • Clerksroom & Chambers of Mr J Dingle 2004-2008
  • Chambers of M Iqbal (Sole Practitioner) 2009-Present

Other Appointments

  • Director, West Street Plaza Management Company
  • Director, Broughton House Management Company
  • Director, Leopold Square Management Company
  • Partner, Property Management Eye LLP
  • TV Presenter, Legal Network TV
  • Speaker, BPP Professional Education
  • Editor, Legal Guide Dog on Consumer Law

Publications

  • Employee Extravaganza, Leeds & Yorkshire Lawyer, Issue 17 – November 2002
  • Buying on the Internet & Consumer Protection, Society of Computers & Law Internet Site
  • Sexuality Explored – Analysis of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, ELA Briefing, Vol 10, No. 8, Sept/Oct 2003
  • Tenancy Deposit – Adjudication Guidance – Sheffield City Council Responsible Landlord Scheme Newsletter, Issue 17, Summer 2008
  • Inventories – Compelling Evidence – Residential Property Investor (Residential Landlord Association) May/June 2011
  • Finding the Perfect Lettings Agent – Residential Property Investor (Residential Landlord Association) May/June 2011
  • Who’s for Leftovers? – Discussion of the law surrounding the legal responsibility of agents/landlords of tenant belongings – Residential Property Investor (Residential Landlord Association) Sept/Oct 2011 Seminars & Presentations
  • Tenancy Deposit Adjudication: An Adjudicator\’s Perspective
  • Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures, The Employment Act 2002
  • Employment Act 2002: An Employers Guide
  • Buying on the Internet & Consumer Protection
  • Setting Up – A Guide to Business Ownership and Formation
  • Let’s Resolve Matters – Commercial Dispute Resolution, ADR & Negotiation
  • I’m A Father – What Are My Rights?
  • Running a Small Claims Track Case
  • Bullying in the Workplace

Relevant Education

Bar Vocational Course: Competent (Inns of Court School of Law)

LLB Law (Honours) Upper Second Class

Key Strengths

  • Excellent advocacy and drafting skills
  • Building strong rapport with clients
  • Flexible and practical approach
  • Efficient turn around on all paperwork
  • Current business and employer experience
  • Full understanding of the property market
  • Full understanding of financial advice and FSA regulation

Additional Information

Being a partner in 2 property companies and principal in my own financial services company alongside my practice as a barrister and mediator, enables me to use my business acumen, position as an employer and property and financial services experience to assist business clients in a realistic, practical manner when faced with legal matters as understanding the mechanisms of business together with speedy and cost effective dispute resolution is fundamental to any business.

Tina Suvajac Lees

Mediation Experience

Tina works as a commercial and employment mediator and has worked on over 100 mediations with a success rate of 90%.

Tina also has worked community mediator on both large and small multi-party disputes.

She is an avid supporter of online dispute resolution and third party neutrals in resolving employment disputes contributing to multiple international UN Conferences.

Tina’s areas of mediation experience includes:

  • Workplace and Employment, including: Discrimination, Breach of Contract, Bullying, Team conflict and Whistle blowing
  • Cross cultural issues
  • Neighbourhood
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Small Claims
  • Boundary
  • Systems Design
  • Small and Medium Sized Construction Disputes

Professional Experience

Tina is a full-time consultant in dispute resolution. She is active in training individuals and corporations in conflict prevention and dispute resolution techniques.

In addition, she is accredited as a mediator in both Australia and the United Kingdom. She works as a mediator and facilitator in both the commercial, international and community settings.

Tina is a Tutor at the University of Cambridge where she lectures on courses such as Essentials in Dispute Resolution, Introduction into Collaborative Dispute Resolution (online) and Mediation Skills and Processes and Negotiation.

Her initial introduction into Dispute Resolution was during her Masters Degree in Australia where she worked for the leading mediation provider, LEADR Australia. Tina was fortunate to develop skills in Adjudication both in the Construction Industry and in Domain Name Disputes, while managing both portfolios.

Tina has specialised expertise in workplace mediation and employee support. She worked for a leading Russell Group University in developing and implementing Internal Mediation Panels, Harassment Advisor Panels and Confidential Assessment.

Recently, Tina has been fortunate to utilise her skills in a large scale community engagement project. Tina is also currently, a founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders United Kingdom which does work in international disputes such as advocacy of mediation, mediation, capacity building and training.

Memberships

  • Mediators Beyond Borders
  • Oxford Mediation Group
  • LEADR Australia
  • National Mediation Helpline Mediator
  • Mediation panel member of Effective Dispute Solutions Limited
  • Civil and Commercial Mediation Council
  • Chatham House

Education/Accreditation:

  • ADR Group Accredited Mediator
  • LEADR Accredited Mediator
  • Masters in Dispute Resolution
  • University of W Sydney, Australia, Law School
  • Communications and Sociology, Honours
  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Paul Newman

SPECIALISMS:

He has a particular interest in building and civil engineering claims.

He also deals with professional negligence matters (especially claims relating to building professionals), property litigation including rights of way and boundary disputes and general contract / commercial disputes (including consumer law).

CAREER HISTORY:

Called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in November 1982, Paul completed pupillage in leading commercial Chambers in London (1982-1983). After practising at the Manchester Bar, he worked for a well-known firm of construction claims’ consultants in the North-West before settling in Cardiff (1990). In Cardiff he worked for two major regional solicitors’ practices (specialising in construction law, adjudication, arbitration and mediation) before joining 3 Paper Buildings (Bristol annex) (now 3 PB barristers) in September 2006. He has both acted as a mediator and represented parties in excess of 60 mediations. He writes and lectures on mediation and related topics.

LANGUAGES:

Speaks and writes fluent French as well as having a detailed knowledge of Spanish and German.

OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCE:

Paul has been involved in approximately 60 mediations –

  • Building and engineering disputes (domestic and commercial)
  • Sale of goods (including consumer credit)
  • Partnership disputes
  • Unfair prejudice to a shareholder
  • Professional negligence
  • Franchise
  • Professional negligence claims
  • Boundary disputes

RECENT MEDIATION EXPERIENCE:

  • A dispute between an absentee Russian property owner and a contractor relating to a major house refurbishment in North London
  • A civil engineering claim relating to the migration of Japanese knotweed
  • Termination of a collaboration agreement in the construction industry
  • House renovation contract in the South Wales Valleys

EDUCATION:

Paul is a graduate (1980) of Clare College, Cambridge (MA) – Modern and Medieval

Languages (French & Spanish).

He completed the Diploma in Law (1981) (City University) and Bar Finals (1982) at the Council of Legal Education (London)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn, November 1982
  • ADR Group accredited mediator 2001
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1999
  • RIBA and CIC accredited construction industry adjudicator 1997

MEMBERSHIP:

Gray’s Inn; Bar Council listed mediator; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Oxford Mediation
Group, Talk Mediation and Mediation panel member of Effective Dispute Solutions Limited

Ken Salmon

Solicitor in England, Wales and in Eire

Construction: contentious and non-contentious business experience

  • Building, civil engineering, professional negligence, rail, marine, energy, site remediation, Representation and advocacy in adjudication, arbitration, litigation, mediation, conciliation and expert determination
  • Defence of prosecutions under Health & Safety and Environmental legislation
  • Drafting and negotiating construction documentation

Non construction legal experience

  • Professional negligence
  • Commercial litigation
  • Personal injury for claimant and defendant

Recent mediation experience

  • 2004 Dispute about quality of work and materials between employer and flooring contractor
  • 2007 Professional negligence claim against structural engineer over design of steel-framed 3-storey building
  • 2007 Professional negligence claim by home buyer against solicitors and surveyors
  • 2008 Tenant’s claim for rent and Landlord’s counterclaim for dilapidations (telephone mediation)
  • 2008 Disputes between employer and contractor under a building contract over sums due
  • 2008 Claims and counterclaims about determination, repudiation, payment, costs of completion and defects, concerning plumbing works under a series of contracts
  • 2008 Claims and counterclaims under a contract for cladding and roofing works, with issues over price, measure, defects and following disputed determination over loss of profit.
  • 2009 Claim by builder for payment and loss of profit on repudiation with counterclaim by building owner for defects and damages for delay and repudiation
  • 2009 Claim by builder for payment with counterclaim by employer for defects and loss of rents
  • 2009/10 Dispute between partners over retiring partner’s entitlements
  • 2010 Claims and counterclaims arising out of proposed sale of industrial unit
  • 2010 A tripartite dispute concerning liability for damage to two electrical motors used for power generation and cost of replacement, loss of profits and management time

In addition, Ken has represented parties in mediations (and other ADR processes) on many occasions.

Career history

  • 1973 Admitted to the Roll of solicitors for England & Wales
  • 1975 Appointed as partner Kirk Jackson (now Rowlands)
  • 2001 Joined Mace & Jones as a partner
  • 2005 Admitted to the Roll of solicitors Republic of Ireland
  • 2007 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Mediator Accreditation

Other information

  • Member of the Panel of Mediators of the CIArb
  • Member of the Panel of the Association of Northern Mediators
  • Member of Panel of LawWorks
  • Member of CIArb and Committee member NW Branch
  • Member of TeCSA
  • Member of the Adjudication Society
  • Member of SCMA
  • Mediation panel member of Effective Dispute Solutions Limited

Endorsements

“He was clearly acquainted with the issues and had read the papers. His experience was evident and he inspired confidence from the outset” Pat Albaster Ian, Simpson & Co solicitors

“The case was settled. Mr Salmon demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues. He had read the papers thoroughly and handled the mediation and in particular the parties aspirations sensitively. His conduct in the matter was instrumental in the parties reaching a settlement.” Nick Johnson Glaisyers solicitors

“His skill at conciliatory mediation was in my opinion, the catalyst to the agreement reached…”. “…both parties… have continued to trade…” “I greatly appreciate the efforts of [Ken] and recommend him highly.” Q Flooring Systems Limited

“…Mr Salmon put our client at ease and had clearly read and understood all of the documentation provided to him in advance. He took a flexible approach to the mediation and ultimately the dispute was resolved without the need for the usual round-table session. Mr Salmon came across as knowledgeable and familiar with the law, the type of dispute and the mediation process. The over all impression was that Mr Salmon was a very experienced and competent mediator.” Pannone solicitors

“I appointed Ken Salmon as mediator on a construction dispute which had being on going for a significant period of time with the costs of litigation a concern for all. Through his calm, organised and commercial approach Ken was able to help negotiate a settlement which was satisfactory to the parties when this had appeared unlikely prior to his involvement. I would instruct Ken again and would recommend him to mediate on disputes of this nature.” Richard Preston, Beswicks solicitors Stoke on Trent