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Our Faculty Mediators

Faculty mediator fees (which include preparation and reasonable travel) are:

Half-Day Mediation – £1,200+VAT (up to four hours) | Full-Day Mediation – £1,800+VAT (up to eight hours)
* Fees on application
To book a mediator please call +44 (0) 207 353 3936​ or email mediators@societyofmediators.com

Adil Ali Qazi

Zopash Khan

Jonathan Dingle

Andrea Barnes

John Sephton

Zoey White

Joe Mulrooney

Ruby Sandhu

Jane Hodge

David Ingle

Lord Strathcarron

Keith Ealey

Alex Fletcher

Stephen Horsley

Richard Bull

Eleanor Tack

Steve Malcolm

Dominic Collis

Adil Aziz Qazi

Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan , Member Islamabad bar council Chairman Human rights committee

Mr. Adil Aziz Qazi is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan with 18 years of active litigation experience in criminal and civil disputes, consultancy, and constitutional law. He was enrolled as an Advocate at the High Court in 2006 and became an Advocate of the Supreme Court in 2014. Mr. Qazi has practiced extensively in family disputes, criminal matters, land and property issues, local government interactions, and has assisted the Honorable High Courts in Islamabad, KPK, and Lahore, as well as the Supreme Court in several high-profile cases, some of which have been reported by the courts. He has served as Legal Adviser to the Capital Development Authority and the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad and is currently a Senior Partner at Adil Qazi Law Firm LLP and a founding member of wakeel.com, a tech law initiative. Elected to the Islamabad Bar Council in 2021 for a five-year term, he has also served as Chairman of the Executive Committee (2021-22) and is currently the Chairman of the Legal Aid Committee at the Islamabad Bar Council.

Zopash Khan

Co-Chair - The Society of Mediators - Pakistan Chapter - IDI Accredited Mediator - MSoM Partner - Pasha’s Associates & Consultants - AAQ-LLP Founding President - HTS Member - Queen’s Commonwealth Trust

Zopash Khan is a seasoned Barrister with a focus on mediation and legal consultancy. As Co-Chair of The Society of Mediators – Pakistan Chapter, Zopash plays a crucial role in promoting and advancing the practice of mediation within the legal community. Being an Accredited Mediator by MSoM, Zopash brings a wealth of experience and expertise to alternative dispute resolution processes.

In the legal realm, Zopash serves as a Partner at Pasha’s Associates & Consultants – AAQLLP, contributing to the success and growth of the firm. With a commitment to humanitarian causes, Zopash founded the Humanitarian Trust for Suffering (HTS), serving as its Founding President. This organization focuses on addressing and alleviating various forms of suffering through dedicated initiatives and projects.

Zopash Khan is also recognized as a Member of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, showcasing a commitment to global collaboration and impact. This affiliation reflects Zopash’s dedication to contributing to positive change on an international scale.

Jonathan Dingle

Barrister of the Middle Temple, Mediator, Arbitrator Joint Head of Chambers at Normanton Chambers

Jonathan Dingle is a leading barrister, mediator and internationally experienced arbitrator complimented as “inspiring”, “remarkable” and “incisive” in his work over 32 years in many fields. At the Bar, he specialises in clinical negligence, personal injury, armed forces, and abuse, and complex cases with a national or international dimension. The co-founder of the Civil Mediation Council, and the Society of Mediators, he is the author of text book chapters on mediation in Powers & Harris on Clinical Negligence and in Friston on Costs. Jonathan is the co-author of the best-selling handbook Practical Mediation.

Winner of the mediation awards at the Personal Injury Awards in 2009 and 2016, he is regarded as something of an institution in Trans-Atlantic dispute resolution. His more than 1,000 ADR cases have included varied clinical negligence cases for NHS Resolution (approaching 100 such matters); construction, civil and commercial matters, high value sports contracts, equine disputes, football and cricket issues, and Olympic cases.

His feedback from parties is “legendary”. In a recent child death case, he was credited by all parties in the resolution of a very long running, difficult, and tragic matter. One party commented: “Jonathan Dingle is widely regarded as the epitome of a modern mediator who brings a relaxed style and a razor-sharp mind to every mediation, helping participants resolve disputes that seemed intractable.” Another: “Put simply, the case could not have settled without Jonathan’s insights, skills, tact, and diplomacy – he is outstanding.” His style is relaxed an informal but with a total command of detail and the facts as needed.

As a barrister, he practices from Normanton Chambers in London and its annexes around the country. He is available nationally, and internationally. He enjoys a strong portfolio of work usually with a head injury, psychological, psychiatric, child, armed forces or abuse bias. He has a deserved reputation in military law. Called as a Barrister of the Middle Temple in 1986 following a distinguished career at sea in the Royal Navy working as a Commander with NATO navies, and he served in operations at sea in the Gulf War before becoming a Judge Advocate. As such he has consistently dealt with complex and challenging cases – working alone and as part of a team. In the MOD, he briefed ministers and heads of state, and ran a substantial range of sensitive projects, both led by and leading senior civil servants. He was fully deep vetted to the highest levels and retains the extended security clearance in his present part-time judicial appointment.

He entered private bar practice in 1996. He has built a reputation as a leading adviser, negotiator, and practitioner in complex and difficult cases – both in the UK and overseas. He is often instructed in clinical negligence claims, as well as where fraud, partnership or regulatory issues have arisen. As a mediator, his work for more than a decade led to his appointment as Honorary Secretary of the United Kingdom’s Civil Mediation Council in 2003, a post which he held for eight years. He played a major role in influencing judges, practitioners, and stakeholders in previously intractable disputes. He is presently Chair of Trustees of the Society of Mediators, the mediation charity.

He has led more than 400 mediation and arbitration training courses in Europe and internationally which have been universally praised. In doing so, he has already created a generation of mediators worldwide under the facilitative model. He has helped established associations worldwide. He is currently undertaking pro bono work establishing reconciliation processes in schools in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa, where bullying, abuse and other issues are rife.

Andrea (Andi) Barnes

LLB

Andi is a Barrister, Mediator and Joint Head of Chambers at Normanton Chambers.

Before coming to the Bar, Andi was in-house counsel in the personal injury department of a major London firm and also undertook a nine month secondment to Zurich Insurance PLC giving pre-litigation case management advice on personal injury and property claims.

As a mediator Andi has over 16 years experience and was one of the founder members of the Court Based mediation Scheme.

She mediated a full range of civil and commercial dispute through the National Mediator Database and predominately high value personal injury, clinical negligence and costs matters through Trust Mediation.

Andi has strong links with South Africa and has beed heavily involved in providing training to various organisations throughout the country.

She is a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn and an Internationally Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.

John Sephton

Sc, Chartered FCIPD, Chartered FCMI, MSoM

John is an experienced generalist leader with specialist skills in business coaching, behavioural change, achievement and conflict resolution.

He works with senior leaders and teams in organisations, as well as individuals and groups, in order to achieve clarity of purpose and / or resolve conflict in the often seemingly intractable challenges encountered in the workplace and elsewhere.  Prior to this he was an officer in the Royal Navy for 27 years during which time he specialised in meteorology and oceanography before undertaking senior roles in HR.

In mediation he has a wealth of experience in providing opportunity, to enable participants to achieve outcomes in workplace disputes, as well as in civil and commercial claims.  And his environmental knowledge is of increasing value in matters relating to the impact of our changing climate.

A long standing trustee of the Society of Mediators and a leading trainer within the faculty, John is the current president of the Society.

Zoey White

JP BSc GILEx MSoM

Zoey is a Pupil Barrister at Normanton Chambers and a Civil and Commercial Mediator.

Having originally trained as a mediator with Clerksroom in 2006, Zoey has over ten years experience of mediation and has trained mediators across the UK as well as South Africa, Spain and the Cayman Island for the past six years.

She was the First Honorary Secretary of the Society of Mediators and has played a key role in its charitable work and the development of the Free Mediation Project since its inception.

Outside of mediation, Zoey was called to the Bar in 2018 after well over a decade working with the Legal Expenses industry on all types of contentious work. Zoey specialises in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence particularly those relating to children, non-recent abuse and the military. She also has a keen interest in Family and Children matters due to her judicial work in this area.

Zoey is a Barrister of the Middle Temple, a Family Justice, an Internationally Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator and a Graduate Member of the Institute of Legal Executives.

Joe Mulrooney

LLB MSoM

Joe is a Solicitor and Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.

He qualified as a mediator in 2013 and as completed additional specialist training as a workplace mediator in 2014. Since then he has launched Mediatelegal – a mediation panel based out of Liverpool.

Joe has mediated a wide range of disputes encompassing: property, local authorities, SEN, commercial, construction, landlord & tenant, employment, negligence, and director disputes. Joe is also CMC accredited for SEND mediations. 

Outside of his mediation practice, he has. Since 2009 been the managing partner of his own law firm. The firm covers various areas of law including: property, construction, probate, litigation, personal injury, and employment law. 

He is a Non-Executive Director for Knowsley Youth Mutual and also Knowsley Chamber of Commerce.

Joe believes strongly in the mediation process and is committed to growing its profile within the UK.

Ruby Sandhu

Lawyer, Mediator and Lecturer. LL.M (International Law), MSc. (Sustainable and Responsible Business), FRSA

Ruby Sandhu is an international lawyer (solicitor of the senior courts of England and Wales), accredited mediator and facilitator. Her legal expertise includes international law in developing and emerging countries with developing expertise in sustainability and animal law.

Ruby specialises in mediating international, community and commercial disputes, demonstrating her versatility and adaptability.  Ruby’s approach to mediation is marked by sensitivity, empathy and empowerment, unparalleled listening skills, emotional intelligence, and an adeptness at conflict resolution techniques. She is an authentic communicator and leverages this to facilitate dialogue and build trust. Ruby believes in addressing challenges swiftly to prevent escalation and  into costly litigation, emphasising the importance of communication, collaboration and creative problem solving in achieving beneficial outcomes.

Ruby is committed to advancing access to justice and has dedicated many years to pro-bono work in the UK. Internationally this includes in her role as the Vice-Chair of the Solicitor International Human Rights Group, UNICEF Committees and as a Trustee of the Society of Mediators.

Ruby was recently elected as the Chair of the Society of Mediators; she has been an integral and active member of the Society since 2011 as a faculty member and trustee.

Lord Strathcarron

B.Ph MSoM

Ian Strathcarron is a publisher and author: he is Chairman of Unicorn Publishing Group and has written several biography, art and history books as well as novels and ’self-help’ books.

Unicorn specialise in the publishing books in the visual arts and cultural history sector and as an art book publisher Ian has extensive knowledge of the art and publishing worlds. He is an active member of the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market.

He was a founder and director of Art Resolve, a niche mediation service dealing with all aspect of conflict relating to the art world, publishing and copyright.

He is Vice-Chair and a Trustee of the Society of Mediators, as well as a panel member of NFS, a dedicated pro bono community mediation provider and has ten years experience of mediation.

Keith Ealey

DHypPsych(UK) MHA MSoM

Keith is a Hypnotherapist and Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.

 

He began his working life as a design and development engineer working on military electronics projects before progressing into radio and TV broadcasting systems. Keith has worked around the world re-training personnel and transforming out-of-date analogue into new digital systems.

In 2001, after 25 years of running his freelance business, Keith decided to retrain and turn his interest in psychology into a career. He now helps people overcome fears and phobias at his practice based in Covent Garden.

Keith is passionate about getting people round the table to re-connect and therefore when he heard about mediation it felt like a natural fit. He qualified as a Civil & Commercial and Workplace Mediator in 2013 and became a trustee of SoM in 2017.

He is also a keen on a variety of outdoor sports including competitive target rifle and pistol shooting. He has gained coaching qualifications in this sport and enjoys moving experienced shooters onto peak performance as well as taking raw beginners through to competent and safe levels.

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Alex Fletcher

LLB (Hons), LLM, Solicitor (non-practising).

Alex is a barrister at 33 Bedford Row, mediator and non-practising solicitor. Before practising law, Alex was a Company Director in several small enterprises in Hampshire and Devon.

He has a wide and varied employment history ranging from baking to training to be a Nurse for 3 years at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. His career in nursing paid for his legal studies and this, together with his past eclectic employment (prior to finding life at the Bar) enables him to bring an unusually broad range of experience to the benefit of his clients as a barrister and as a mediator.

Alex has been involved in mediation for many years and actively promoted it as a solicitor. He is a member of the Devon Mediation Service which provides free mediation for community disputes and has been a Trustee with the Society of Mediators since 2018. He mediates housing, contract, clinical negligence and commercial disputes.

Steven Horsley

Steven is the Head of Military Law in a leading National Law Firm. Steven has a special interest in high value Personal Injury and complex Clinical Negligence Claims.

Steven was one of the Mediators in the ground breaking Civil Mediation Project held at the Royal Courts of Justice in 2019.

Steven is also a member of the Teaching Faculty of the Society of Mediators.

Richard Bull

Retired Police Officer, Company Director, Faculty Member The Society Of Mediators and Founder and lead Mediator Janus Mediation Services.

Richard served for 31 years as a police officer. As a senior negotiator in the service for over a decade he dealt with every imaginable situation — from kidnap, hostage crises and counter terrorism to internal police investigations. Thanks to this experience he brings well honed skills to the practice of mediation —hard won expertise from out in the real world.

Alongside his police career he has been a hands-on director of one of the largest privately owned transport/holiday companies in the midlands .  He brought his skills to bear on complex situations encountered in business — from boardroom disputes, finance negotiations to health & safety cases and contractual issues.

With effective communication and consideration, he believes it is possible to resolve any dispute fairly — with universal human values at the centre of things. He is passionate about the power of mediation — simply because he has facilitated resolution in so many different situations.

Believing mediation should be available to all he gives his time to two charities as a volunteer mediator, Resolve West in Bristol and The Free Mediation Project.

He describes himself as a very retired rugby player but still a fan and a reasonable golfer, playing to a 7 Handicap.

Eleanor Tack

Eleanor trained with the Society of Mediators in 2018 and has since become a Trustee of the Society, assisting the faculty with our training courses.

Eleanor’s background is in immigration, having spent over three years working closely with migrants across the UK, France and South Africa. Eleanor builds on experience working with clients from across the world, focusing on the human side of disputes and taking much of her inspiration from Marshal Rosenberg’s theory of Non-Violent Communication.

Her professional experience is largely academic, working as a research assistant at the International Centre for The Study of Radicalisation and the Urban Violence Research Network. The latter involved exploring the role of mediation as a means to address gang violence, with a particular focus on Freetown, Sierra Leone and Cape Town, South Africa.

Eleanor has also spent time representing Xhosa communities on the Wild Coast during mediations with local authorities whilst working with Attorneys in Johannesburg.

Eleanor has a keen interest in reframing imposter syndrome, failure and workplace identity. She sits on the Executive Committee of Bridging the Bar, a charity which seeks to diversify the legal profession and has been collaborating with the Bar Council, Bar Standards Board and UK Supreme Court on developing training and reverse mentoring schemes to address these psychological barriers.

Eleanor holds a first class bachelor of arts in International Relations from King’s College London and is obtaining the Post-Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP.

Eleanor is open to instructions in relation to any type of dispute, but is particularly keen to assist individuals who cannot afford to enter the Court process and for whom mediation is the last resort.

Stephen Malcolm

OBE JP MA CSci CMarSci FIMarEST MSoM

Steve is a Civil and Commercial Mediator with a long history career in public service behind him.

Until his recent retirement after 35 years service Steve was a Captain and Hydrographer for the Royal Navy. As well as his work following the Tsunami in 2005 which led to the award of his OBE, Steve was regularly engaged in resolving conflict within the MoD and NATO.

Steve has 12 years experience as a mediator starting mediating in 2007. He has been on the training staff since 2010.

He is a skilled mediator who has applied his skills internationally as well as in cross-border disputes. Back on home soil Steve puts his energies into voluntary work with the Society of Mediators, as a Justice of the Peace in Devon as well as spending as much of the time left over as possible tinkering with his beloved collection of classic cars.

Steve is an accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator, Trustee of both the Society of Mediators and the Free Mediation Project as well as a Justice of the Peace.

Dominic Collis

Dominic is Managing Director of Collis Mediation Ltd, a practicing civil and commercial mediator, training provider and consultant to a wide variety of businesses where he manages conflict, change, complex relationships and training.

Dominic has gained 25 years’ experience in a commercial environment, the last 10 of which at the most senior level.

Dominic is the author of articles for national publications and is a trainer in Education Health and Care sectors. He is a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities consultant to local authorities and schools and has an enviable record in general mediation and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, carrying out over 800 mediations; making him one of the country’s leading and most experienced mediators.

He works with leading commercial and local authority clients improving their overall dispute resolution structure, provision and approach.