Free Webinar – Scenarios which test the Mediation process

The mediators at this webinar will provide a thought-provoking discussion on some challenging scenarios which arise during the mediation process.

The webinar will explore difficult situations and possible responses where parties may receive incomplete legal advice, be less than willing to share evidence or overly rely on the mediator for answers.

Delegates will gain awareness into how these complex issues can be navigated and thereby approach the mediation process with greater confidence and insight.

Speakers

Helen Curtis – Barrister, Garden Court Chambers (Chair)
Helen is a accredited civil mediator and practising barrister. She brings skills used in litigation namely energy, insight and stamina to effective use in the mediation process. Specialising in, but not limited to, community care, Court of Protection, Education including SEND, employment, discrimination, housing, judicial review, and public law.

David Watkinson – Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
David is a qualified civil mediator specialising in, but not limited to, housing, land or planning disputes. His relaxed style gives parties confidence to engage fully in the mediation process. David believes that he has the ability to find out the common ground between people who are in disputes and to enable them to come to agreement.

Marina Sergides – Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Marina is an accredited civil mediator and a practising barrister. With over 18 years of wide-ranging civil and public law expertise she is adept at dealing with negotiations. Marina specialises in, but is not limited to, disputes arising in housing, homelessness, disrepair, possession, community care, public law and civil actions. Marina takes regular instructions from the Official Solicitor.

Navita Atreya – Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Navita has a real-life approach to legal disputes based on managing her own work-life balance and family dependants and uses these skills in mediation. She helps parties to a dispute stand back from the litigation process, find common ground and their own answers to the commercial reality of litigation by using mediation. Navita recognises the interplay between mediation and litigation. Navita’s skills of intrinsic independence, neutrality and authoritativeness are evident in her handling of the mediation process, particularly with parties who are unfamiliar with mediation. This includes the online mediation experience, in which Navita has completed training, using the Zoom platform. Navita regards the facilitative process of mediation as extremely important in encouraging parties to reach settlement.

Alex Grigg – Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Alex is a CEDR accreditor mediator, and a member of the Garden Court Mediation Panel. He is also an adviser to The Oxford Process conflict resolution programme. Alex has experiencing mediating in disputes between private individuals, dispute between private individuals and public bodies, and disputes between public bodies.

Reserve your ticket
We will send joining details to all those who have signed up on the day of the event. If you have not received the link by 10am on 3 November, and it is not in your junk inbox, please email webinars@gclaw.co.uk.