Free Webinar – Mediation: How Can It Work for You? (Part 2)

This webinar will discuss the latest case law and updates to the Civil Procedure Rules on when courts can require parties to consider mediation. It will also explore the practical considerations of mediating online or in person. 

The creative outcomes that can be achieved through mediation will be outlined by our stellar panel.

Speakers
David Watkinson, Mediator, Garden Court Chambers
David practiced as a barrister for 40 years (1973–2012), focusing on housing and planning law, and represented clients in courts at all levels, including the UK Supreme Court. His cases included civil claims (and judicial review) arising from land and housing issues as possession, homelessness, breach of contract, disrepair, unlawful eviction and adverse possession and also equality and discrimination issues related to housing as well as prosecutions for housing offences. Since qualifying as a mediator (2008), David has utilised his advocacy and negotiation skills to assist parties in resolving disputes. He has mediated in cases such as contractual disputes between providers of services and proprietors of care homes/hotels, inter-tenant disputes concerning allegations of anti-social behaviour, disputes between the house-owners and an occupier about the legal nature of her occupation, unpaid rent and return of deposit, dispositions in a will where the main asset was a house, disputes between separating couples as to their respective  shares in the  proceeds of sale of their former home, a possession claim brought by a local authority against the occupier of a pitch on the Council’s Gypsy Caravan Site, injunction proceedings brought against vehicle dwellers in its area by a local authority and disputes between landlords (including housing associations and local authorities) and their tenants arising from breach of repairing covenants.

Kate Aubrey-Johnson, Barrister/Mediator, Garden Court Chambers
Kate is a youth justice specialist barrister and mediator at Garden Court Chambers with experience as a criminal defence practitioner and public lawyer. She is co-author of the leading textbook Youth Justice Law and Practice (LAG, 2019), consultant editor for Halsbury’s Laws of England, Vol 27, Criminal Procedure (5th Edition) on proceedings involving children. Kate is an active member of the wider mediation community, she is an accredited civil mediator, a SEND mediator for the award-winning KIDS SEND Mediation Service and she is an accredited community mediator. She has written widely on developments in mediation and is the author of Making Mediation Work For You (LAG, 2012).

Helen Curtis, Barrister/Mediator, Garden Court Chambers
Helen is an accredited mediator and restorative justice facilitator whose mediation skills are incorporated into her legal practice. Due to her mediation skills, Helen is often instructed in complex cases where there is a high degree of conflict between family members and health and social care services. Equally, Helen undertakes cases where capacity issues intersect with the operation of the Mental Health Act or across geographical borders.  Helen was an approved mediator on the Court of Protection Mediation Panel and frequently writes for the Garden Court Chambers Social Welfare Updates and Mediation Blog.

Ollie Persey, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Ollie has a broad public law practice focusing on the rights of children, asylum seekers, migrants and disabled people. He is ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 across his core practice areas. His community care practice spans age assessments, asylum support, welfare benefits, and health and social care. He is a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of preferred counsel and won a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (‘LALY’) Award in 2024. Ollie writes and teaches alongside practice; he is the consultant editor of Halsbury’s Laws on Judicial Review and a visiting lecturer at Oxford University. He co-convenes Garden Court’s Education Law and Community Care Teams

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