Commercial
Mediation Competition
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Commercial Mediation competition to be held by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on the Friday 7th February 2014 in Paris for the ninth time.
The Commercial Mediation competition is part of a Mediation Week held by the ICC.
The event attracts prominent figures from the international mediation world, consisting of mediators, legal practitioners the dispute resolution world.
It is important to note that the completion is the only annual event which is explicitly geared towards international commercial mediation.
The ICC attracts participants from over forty countries, selecting sixty six university teams and over one hundred and twenty mediators!
The six day competition allows for over a staggering two hundred mediation sessions.
The mock mediations entail the university students playing the role of a mediator, one of the parties and or counsel to the parties.
The panel of judges made up of mediators from around the globe some who practice the UK mediation model decide which universities go through to the next round, where one will be appointed the winner.
All judges who come from the mediation world must be accredited commercial mediators.
Written by Mediator Harvinder Singh Bhurji LLB (Hons) QDR (M) MCIArb MCMI CTLLS, Director, International Commercial, Workplace Mediator & Trainer.
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2002 CEDR, Academy of Experts, ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 21+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. 25 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. 19 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, 18 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. 18 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
2017 CEDR Accredited, 6 years mediation experience. Specialisms, commercial, company, contract, property, probate, IP & professional negligence.
Tim BennettPartner & Head of Dispute Resolutionat Bray & Bray Solicitors, 2007 - 2020.
CEDR Accredited Commercial Mediator
2005 CEDR Accredited Mediator, 18 years mediation experience. Proprietor of Beaumonde Law Practice, Solicitor & employment law specialist. Specialisms company, unfair dismissal, discrimination & compromise agreements. English & Punjabi speaker.
Sundeep Singh BhatiaEmployment Solicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2011 CIArb Accredited Mediator. 12 Years Mediation Experience. 400+ mediations.
CIArb Mediation Assessor. Specialisms, construction, property, commercial, boundaries, probate & professional negligence.
Bruce BourneMRICS, MCIArb, Chartered Surveyor, Commercial Mediator 
2009 RICS Accredited Mediator. 14 years mediation experience. Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Expert Witness, Determination. Specialisms construction, dilapidations, property & boundary.
Richard CavadinoChartered Quantity Surveyor & Commercial Mediator 
2010 CIArb Accredited Mediator. 13 years mediation experience. Specialisms, construction, engineering, contract, employment, partnership, shareholder & professional negligence disputes.
Martin CollingwoodSolicitor, Commercial Mediator,Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Med – Arb specialist
2004 CEDR & ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 19 years mediation experience. Barrister,
conducted 110+ mediations. Specialisms, boundary, landlord & tenant, employment, contractual disputes.
David DalyBarrister & Commercial Mediator 
1996 CIArb Accredited mediator. 27 years mediation experience. Qualified as a solicitor in 1962. Specialisms. all forms of building and civil engineering projects in the UK & overseas.
Roderick O'DriscollFCIArb, MBEng, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator,Notary Public, Qualified Solicitor of the Supreme Court
1998 Academy of Experts Accredited Mediator. Qualified Dispute Resolver. 25 years mediation experience. CIArb commercial mediation course tutor & assessor. Issued well over 400 awards, decisions in civil & commercial disputes. Specialisms all commercial matters.
Ike EhiribeLLB (Hons) lagos, B.L, FCIArb, FSIArb, QDR, Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Visiting Professor & Commercial Mediator
2003 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 20 years mediation experience. Manchester University lecturer, visiting lecturer & professor at several overseas universities. CIArb commercial mediation course tutor & assessor. Specialisms construction & engineering.
Dr. Peter FennBSc PhD FRICS FCIArb, Academic, Quantity Surveyor,Adjudicator, Arbitrator & Commercial Mediator
1996 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 27 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. 21 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. 17 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. 26 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.16 years mediation experience. Specialisms, property, insurance, construction, professional negligence, boundaries, landlord & tenant & engineering.
Russell JonesSolicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2008 Accredited Mediator. 15 years mediation experience. Specialisms, commercial, company, contract, employment, insolvency & personal injury law.
Joe Al KhayatBarrister & Commercial Mediator 
2003 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 2004 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 20 years mediation experience. Various directorships. Specialisms, building, construction, family business, partnership, commercial contracts, landlord & tenant & professional negligence.
Robin LeaBSc Mech Engineering, Commercial Mediator
1999 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 90% success rate. 24 years mediation experience. Specialisms, contract, employment, boundary, building & construction.
Edward LegardBarrister, Employment Judge & Commercial Mediator 
2007 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 16 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
2001 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 22 years mediation experience. Specialisms, building, construction, civil engineering, professional negligence, boundary & contracts.
Paul NewmanBarrister, Adjudicator & Commercial Mediator 
2002 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 21 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. 26 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. 16 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. 21 years mediation experience. Specialisms, business, company, contract, debt recovery, director & partnerships.
Jeffrey C RosenthalBSc (Econ) FCCA FCIArb MAE, Accountant,Arbitrator, Expert Witness & Commercial Mediator
2008 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 15 years mediation experience. Was a solicitor for 9 years, before being called to the Bar. Specialisms, litigation, trusts of land, property, landlord tenant & unlawful eviction.
Tom RussellBarrister & Commercial Mediator 
2008 ADR Chambers Accredited Mediator. 15 years mediation experience. Director at Davisons Solicitors & Head of the Dispute Resolution Team. Specialisms, construction, probate, family, employment, contract & professional negligence.
Umran SadiqSolicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2007 CIArb Accredited Mediator. 16 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. 18 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 
2003 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 20 years mediation experience. 70+ mediations.
Specialisms, workplace, insurance, professional negligence, contract, property & private equity.
Louisa TaylorSolicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2002 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 21 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
2004 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 19 years mediation experience. Specialisms, construction, property, commercial, IT, market/industry analysis & business cases.
Dr Paul WheatlyCommercial Mediator
2003 ADR Chambers Accredited Mediator. 20 years experience. Family & workplace mediation trained. Specialisms, construction, engineering, PFI/Projects, professional negligence, neighbour, litigation, family & workplace.
Peter WebsterSolicitor, Commercial, Workplace & Family Mediator 
2019 Accredited Mediator. 4 Years Mediation Experience. Managing Partner Gotelee LLP. Employment Solicitor, specialisms, workplace,
employment & commercial litigation.
Andrew WestSolicitor, Commercial & Workplace Mediator 
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
2005 CEDR Accredited Mediator, 16 years mediation experience. Proprietor of Beaumonde Law Practice, Solicitor & employment law specialist. Specialisms company, unfair dismissal, discrimination & compromise agreements. English & Punjabi speaker.
Sundeep Singh BhatiaEmployment Solicitor & Commercial Mediator
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
1999 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 90% success rate. 23 years mediation experience. Specialisms, contract, employment, boundary, building & construction.
Edward LegardBarrister, Employment Judge & Commercial 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
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
2003 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 19 years mediation experience. 70+ mediations.
Specialisms, workplace, insurance, professional negligence, contract, property & private equity.
Louisa TaylorSolicitor & 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 
One of the UK’s most experienced commercial and workplace mediators and mediation trainers. Mediating since 2002 across all sectors with over 2000 mediation’s conducted.
Here to help you resolve your dispute quickly, cost effectively and without stress. As well as to answer all your questions about mediation.
Has mediated every single type of civil, commercial, employment, family, boundary, neighbour and workplace dispute. It is easier to say what he has not mediated, rather than what he has.
A Fellow of the Civil Mediation Council. A Law graduate, a CEDR, Academy of Experts & ADR Group Accredited Commercial Mediator. A Qualified Dispute Resolver, a UK Mediation Accredited Workplace & Community Mediator. A Qualified Manager through the Chartered Management Institute – Level 5.
An associate Teacher and qualified Trainer, holding the Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector – Level 4. Since 2007 he has been on the global mediation training faculty of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Who he has delivered mediation training for, in the UK and overseas, on numerous occasions. Between 2018 and 2020, he was the Head of Mediation Training for the ADR Group. The oldest (1989) mediation training provider in the UK.
