Rosemary Jackson KC is in full-time practice as a Mediator and Conciliator following a successful practice at the Construction Bar from 1983. Rosemary joined Keating Chambers as the first female specialist building counsel at the English Bar and was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2006.

Rosemary received the Clare Edwards Award for professional excellence and contribution to the legal profession serving the construction industry in 2018 and has since been awarded ‘Mediation Expert of the Year in the United Kingdom’ in the 2021 Lawyer Network Annual Awards, and ‘Lawyer of the Year – Mediation’ in the 2021 Who’s Who Legal Awards.

Amrik Kandola is a CEDR Chambers/Panel Mediator and full-time Commercial Mediator. Formerly a partner in a large global commercial law firm specialising in dispute resolution in construction, engineering, manufacturing, energy and complex/high value infrastructure projects.   Amrik became a full time commercial mediator in 2018.  He mediates across the full range of commercial and civil disputes including cross border, multi-party and insurer led matters.  

In December 2022, Amrik was named Civil/Commercial Mediator of the Year 2023 at the UK National Mediation Awards ceremony held at the House of Commons.   In January 2024 Amrik was appointed the ADR Member to the Civil Justice Council (CJC) for England and Wales for a term of 3 years.   

Chief Executive of Mediation Plus, a community mediation service based in Sussex, Alice has 10 years of experience working in the charity sector. She is a trained neighbourhood and intergenerational mediator, conflict coach, qualified trainer and trained in restorative justice before coming to the mediation world.

She is also a member of the BBC Children in Need Southeast Regional Committee, reviewing and allocating funding for projects supporting children and young people in the region.

Angela is an independent Consultant and has over 35 years’ experience of working with separated families. She is an accredited family mediator and professional practice consultant and trainer in mediation and associated subjects. She writes and presents training nationally and internationally, is an author and contributor to and commentator in family justice matters. Angela has worked across a broad range of mediation and family solution seeking settings including civil/commercial, Court of Protection and public law settings.

She has also worked with and contributed to government policy for families and children and young people and has extensive experience across the private, public and charitable sectors. Angela has a particular interest in social change and in family justice reform and especially on the needs of children and young people who have experienced family separation and those with special or neurodiverse needs, subjects on which she writes and speaks regularly.

She is currently a Consultant with Resolution, Chief Assessor to the Law Society Family Mediation Panel, Special Adviser to the Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households and is proud to be Chair of Trustees of reunite International, the child abduction charity and in 2016 was recipient of the John Cornwell Award.

Beverley has been a full time mediator since 2013. She is regularly appointed in large commercial disputes, often those with a real estate angle and often where one or more parties are from outside the UK, but she mediates all types of commercial and private client disputes. She has been listed as a leading mediator in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 for many years.

She has written articles on a variety of mediation topics, and regularly gives seminars on mediation. She regularly coaches and assesses on Mediation Skills Training Courses both in the UK and internationally. The feedback she receives from solicitors representing parties in her mediations is that they, and their clients, appreciate her straight talking, practical approach and her ability to mix a rigorous legal analysis of the case with empathy to help the parties find a solution that works for all of them.

Bode has been working in the CRM ecosystem for over four years, with experience across Real Estate, Financial Services, Government, and Non-profit sectors. His expertise includes developing software solutions using both programmatic and declarative tools, and he thrives in diverse, collaborative environments, applying creativity to problem-solving.

In addition to his technical work, Bode is deeply committed to community service. He was recognised as the NMA Community Mediator of the Year in 2020 and currently serves as a trustee and volunteer at Calm Mediation, where he leverages his mediation skills to support peaceful conflict resolution.

Denise is a Professional Practice Consultant (supervisor) for Kent Family Mediation Service and delivers Family Mediation Foundation Training for Resolution. She qualified as a Family Mediation Council Accredited Mediator in 2002 and as a Professional Practice Consultant in 2005. She is also qualified to deliver Child Inclusive Mediation.

Denise is the main author of the Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP), which was delivered to approximately 250,000 people across the country, she personally delivered it to over 9,000 people and has developed and delivered training for a range of national organisations.

Denise was honoured to have won Resolution’s prestigious John Cornwell Award in 2022, won Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner of the Year for Jordans’ Family Law in 2012 and was awarded the Avril Reid Award for Innovation in Mediation by Lady Hale, the President of National Family Mediation in 2007.

Duncan Jarrett is volunteer Mediator and Trustee for Mediation Hertfordshire. During his tenure as Chair of Mediation Hertfordshire it was awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. He is a former senior police officer with a background in Hostage Negotiation.

He has negotiated life a risk cases in many challenging environments including, Afghanistan, Peru and Chechnya. In January 2003 Duncan was awarded the OBE for his work.

Emma McAndry is a Workplace and Civil/Commercial mediator and has been awarded Fellowship of the Civil Mediation Council (“CMC”) in recognition of over a decade of ‘extensive mediation expertise’. Emma is also a Mediation Trainer, and at the National Mediation Awards, presented at the House of Commons in December 2022,

Emma won Mediation Trainer of the Year 2022/23. At the same Awards, she was shortlisted to be in the top 3 of the country’s Workplace Mediators. She founded Essential Mediation Solutions in 2019, a CMC approved Mediation Trainer and Organisation. With an infectious passion for mediation, she is approachable and supportive, whilst highly skilled and capable.

Gillian has been working with people who need good quality dialogue for over 20 years and is accredited as a mediator in the following fields – Civil & Commercial, Employment & Workplace, Interfaith, Community and Intergenerational.

She is also an accredited Coach and Facilitator, was appointed as a Teaching Fellow in ADR at SOAS in 2022 and holds CMC Fellowship status for both Civil & Commercial as well as Workplace Mediation.

She has worked across a variety of sectors including Healthcare, Education, Media, IT, Government, Armed Forces, the Church and Business and was honoured to be awarded Workplace Mediator of the Year at the National Mediation Awards in 2022.

Joe-han Ho is a commercial barrister at 39 Essex Chambers, London. He is ranked in the Legal 500 (2024) as a Leading Individual and is regularly instructed in complex and high-value disputes with an international element. He has extensive experience in ADR, and accepts appointments as arbitrator, mediator, and adjudicator.

He is a panel arbitrator, a CEDR-accredited mediator, and a TECBAR-accredited adjudicator. He publishes regularly on a range of legal matters, and previously held teaching positions at King’s College London and Durham University. Before coming to the Bar, he was a dispute resolution solicitor at a US law firm.

Liz Rivers is a workplace mediation expert and women’s leadership coach. The first woman to become a CEDR accredited mediator in the UK, she has been mediating for over 30 years.

Liz was formerly a commercial litigation solicitor with Eversheds Sutherland and is a member of the CEDR training faculty. Liz has given evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee on the use of mediation to address sexual harassment disputes in the workplace.

Mandy has been working with businesses and individuals to resolve their disputes and maximise value by having difficult conversations well for 25 years. Formerly Head of Real Estate Litigation at Clifford Chance,

Mandy has been a full-time mediator for over 15 years. One of the Lead Faculty team at CEDR, a Fellow of the Civil Mediation Council and a Legal 500 Leading Mediator, Mandy is embedded in both the Property and Mediation worlds.

Pablo is a Civil Justice professor at Leicester Law School, specialising in dispute resolution with a focus on Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution. He also serves as an arbitrator-adjudicator on various CEDR panels and has authored three significant books on the intersection of technology and dispute resolution. Currently, he is completing a monograph for Cambridge University Press on dispute processes and co-editing a volume on digital courts for Oxford University Press.

Pablo’s editorial expertise includes co-editing the journal “Mediation: Theory and Practice” and his current role as co-editor of “Amicus Curiae.” His expertise has made him a sought-after speaker at numerous international conferences and expert panels, including those organised by UNCITRAL, the European Commission, and the European Parliament.

As a consultant, Pablo has significantly contributed to several high-impact projects, notably assisting the European Commission in developing legislative proposals for the ADR Directive and the ODR Regulation. His contributions to the field were recognised in December 2022 when he received the prestigious National Mediation Award in the category of ADR Academic Researcher of the Year.

Pam Hatfield has been a Lawyer Mediator since 2007, predominantly assisting separating families to navigate relationship breakdowns, particularly concerning their children. With an extensive background in family law, Pam is an experienced Child-Inclusive Mediator and is dedicated to facilitating families’ reaching resolutions and transitioning harmoniously. As a Law Society accredited Family Mediator and Professional Practice Consultant, Pam also supervises and mentors other Mediators.

She is a Resolution member and proficient as an accomplished hybrid Mediator with expertise in her field. Client testimonials consistently affirm her exceptional care and support, which significantly improve challenging circumstances. Beyond her professional endeavours, she finds enjoyment in playing tennis, cultivating an appreciation for the arts, and cherishing quality time with her family.

Sarah O’Connor is a Community Mediator with Calm Mediation and has been a volunteer with Calm Mediation for 5 years now. She won the National Mediation Award for Community Mediator of the year in 2022. She specialises in cases where disability, neurodiversity, mental health and social deprivation may be a factor in the need for mediation.

Sarah is disabled and neurodiverse; she is passionate about empowering and training my mediation colleagues to become more fluent and confident in dealing with cases involving protected characteristics and neurodiversity. In her day job, she is a community mental health worker, working with vulnerable and marginalised individuals, supporting them on their recovery journey, to navigate and utilise statutory and voluntary sector organisations.

Sophie is a trained mediator and Business Development Manager at Prime Resolution Ltd., working in the specialisms of SEND, Family, and Workplace mediation. With a decade of experience as a Specialist Children’s Physiotherapist, Sophie has worked extensively with children, young people, and their families, often those with complex disabilities and special educational needs.

She is passionate about mediation as a tool to empower individuals to navigate and resolve conflicts. She is committed to fostering understanding through effective communication. In SEND and Family mediation, she takes pride in delivering a child-centered approach that prioritises the well-being and needs of the young individuals involved.