Mediation Practice Update

Date: Tuesday, 10 Nov 2015, 09:00 - 13:00 Location: Holiday Inn - High Wycombe, Crest Road, Handy Cross, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 1TL Member cost: £72 (including VAT) Non-member cost: £90 (including VAT)

MEDIATION PRACTICE UPDATE

The commercial mediation market offers the combination of a tantalising product - fast, low risk, low cost dispute resolution - with an ever-increasing number of practitioners jostling to supply it. Nevertheless, the market seems slow to develop and many potential users remain uninformed or underwhelmed.

In a tightly-packed session, four expert speakers will bring you up to date on:

• How the overall mediation environment is changing
• What is happening in the market
• How mediation work gets allocated
• How to engage potential clients

The emphasis will be on practical advice with time set aside during the morning for questions and discussion.

A great opportunity to hear from four eminent contributors, if you are a mediator (or thinking of becoming one) this event is for you.

Sue O’Brien
Mediator and Solicitor
Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution Department, Pitmans LLP

Felicity Steadman

Mediator (Commercial, Workplace and Employment) and Trainer

In Place of Strife, CEDR, Conflict Dynamics, Oxford Mediation

Stephen Ward

Managing Director, Clerksroom

Nationwide Mediators and Barristers Chambers

Elizabeth Stokoe

Founding Editor, Mediation Theory and Practice

Professor of Social Interaction, Loughborough University

CPD: 3 hours including Bar Standards Bar, Law Society & CMC