Present Posts
- Senior Lecturer – University of Manchester
- Partner – MJM Chartered Quantity Surveyors
- Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Elected member of Dispute Resolution Faculty Board at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Professional Qualifications
Fellow Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Registered Mediator Centre for Dispute Resolution; Diploma in Arbitration College of Estate Management; Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Industrial Experience
| 1980 – 1983 | Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Quantity Surveyors London. |
| 1984 | Site based Quantity Surveyor, Balfour Beatty Construction Liverpool. |
| 1984 – 1988 | Quantity Surveyor, Civil Engineers British Rail London and Swindon. |
| 1988 – date | Self employed consultant, Bristol Manchester and Dundee. |
| 1993 – date | Mediator at the Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR) London. |
| 1994 – date |
Mediator on the President’s Panel at the Royal Institution of Chartered |
| 1999 – date | Independent Expert on the President’s Panel at the RICS |
| 2000 – date | Mediator on the Panel at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| 2002 – date | Mediator on the Panel at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre |
| 2004 – date | Adjudicator on the panel at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
Academic Experience
| 1988 | Visiting lecturer, Bristol Polytechnic. |
| 1988 – 1990 | Lecturer, Dundee Institute of Technology. |
| 1990 – 2001 | Lecturer, UMIST. |
| 1992 – date | Tutor University of Bath |
| 1994 | Tutor Horsens Polytechnic Denmark |
| 1995 | Visiting Professor Florida International University |
| 1995 | Visiting Professor University of Kentucky |
| 1997 – 1998 | Scholar in Residence University of Kentucky |
| 2000 | Visiting Lecturer Tsinghua University China |
| 2001 – date | Senior Lecturer University of Manchester |
Dispute Experience
Registered Mediator at CEDR from 1993; President’s Panel of Mediators at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1994; Panel of Mediators at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2000; President’s Panel of Independent Experts at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1999; Mediator Leeds Court Scheme 2000; Mediator Manchester and Liverpool Combined Court Scheme 2000; Mediator Birmingham Court 2002; Mediator Guildford Court 2003.
Adjudicator on the President’s Panel at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2004
Some Recent Notable Referrals and Experience
| 1995 |
The World Bank, The British Council and the National Institute for Highways and |
| 1997 |
Report for MOD on target cost and incentive contracts. |
| 1998 |
Report for Hong Kong Construction Association on the Allocation of Risk in |
| 2000 |
Onwards: Course Tutor CIArb Mediation Training; |
| 2003 |
Report for Hong Kong (SAR) Government on Dispute Resolution and Avoidance |
Recent Major Industrial Consultancy
1995 The World Bank, The British Council and the National Institute for Highways and Transport India. Delhi India on the use of ADR.
1997 Report for MOD on target cost and incentive contracts.
1998 Report for Hong Kong Construction Association on the Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts.
2000 Onwards: Course Tutor CIArb Mediation Training; Course Director CIArb Mediation Assessment
2003 Report for Hong Kong (SAR) Government on Dispute Resolution and Avoidance Mechanisms
Overseas Experience
Mediation in various countries,1998 Report for Hong Kong Construction Association on the Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts; 2000 Invited Speaker at Hong Kong Whose Risk Conference and follow up to Grove Report. 2000 Invited Speaker at Tsinghua University
Publications
I have edited and authored 4 books and written more that 30 technical articles, a full list is available on request. My research has been cited in two government reviews: The Latham Review) and The Woolf Report.
Contact
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