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Martin Plowman
Ranked in the top three mediators in the country by the National Mediator Database League Table for ten consecutive years, and with the experience that comes from having mediated over 1,000 cases, Martin is our senior mediator. He mediates inheritance disputes, probate claims, Trusts of Land Act claims and commercial disputes, and his track record is available to view here. Martin is a Fellow of the Civil Mediation Council and also the author of Zen and the Art of Mediation, published by Law Brief Publishing. Click here for Martin’s full CV and details of his feedback.
Susan Blake
Susan practised as a dispute resolution solicitor for over 25 years. She long ago realised that litigation was not the best way to resolve disputes and qualified as a mediator in 2005. She now practices full time as a mediator throughout the country and has mediated over 450 disputes involving cases from £1,500 to over £150 million. Susan is ranked in the top ten mediators in the country by the National Mediator Database League Table. Click here for Susan’s full CV and feedback
Richard O'Sullivan
Richard is a barrister of twenty years' call, and as well as being an ADRg accredited mediator currently ranked as the top senior commercial mediator in the National Mediator Database he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has a broad common law background, with particular experience in construction law, regulatory law, local government law, and land, leases and trusts. His manner is approachable and pragmatic (as a barrister he is Direct Public Access Qualified). Click here for Richard's full CV and details of his feedback.
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Mark Fitch
Mark is our newest member on the team but comes with 18 years of experience as a mediator and around 100 mediations behind him. For his 28 years in practice as a solicitor, Mark had a broad litigation practice, which lends itself to being able to mediate a wide variety of matters. In more recent years, Mark acted in a number of high value contested inheritance matters, as well as property and trust claims, one confirming the law in the Court of Appeal. Another area of regular work was professional negligence. He is registered with the Civil Mediation Council and has previously assisted with the training of those qualifying into the mediation profession. Outside of the office, Mark has a number of interests, including having had two novels published. Click here to see Mark's full CV and client feedback.
Lorna is our specialist workplace mediator. Lorna brings her extensive experience and expertise as an HR Manager and her specialist training in leadership and people management and development to her practice as a mediator, specialising in Workplace and Employment Mediation. Lorna understands the negative impact workplace conflict has not only on the individual employees directly concerned in the conflict but also on the business as a whole and appreciates how costly and disruptive workplace conflict can be.
Barley Dog
A veteran of several mediations, Barley adopts a problem solving approach to mediation. She believes that the problem in most disputes is essentially who should get the bigger share of the cake: her suggestion is that she should eat the cake, and then there will be nothing left to argue about. Barley can be booked to co-mediate with Martin, at no extra cost (though she says some dog treats would be nice). When not mediating, Barley's interests include food, walks, swimming, food, fetching objects thrown for her, refusing to return the objects she has fetched, food, digging up the flower bed, barking at people walking down her road, or on her footpath or through her village, and food. Oh, and did she mention food?
