Birmingham Mediation Contract
Disputes
Case Study
Birmingham mediation was required for a contracts dispute between the Birmingham based claimants who sued the defendants for £43,500 in relation to the supply of jewellery and failure by the defendants to send the items who claimed that they had got lost in the post.
The defendants were adamant that this was beyond their control and they had fulfilled their legal obligations.The claimants felt that the defendants had not sent the jewellery, did not have it in stock or generally were being dishonest.
Mediation was entered into reluctantly by both parties, the difficulty both parties had was they had an ongoing business relationship and relied upon one another frequently.
The defendants did not want to involve their insurers as this could possibly cause them further complications, a deal was struck at £30,000, whereby the defendants agreed to continue to supply the claimants at more preferential rates than they had previously allowing for any loss to be recovered over the course of their future dealings.
- The mediation took 4 hours compared to the 5 months this Birmingham dispute had already gone on.
- The mediation cost each party a fraction, compared to the thousands they had already spent on legal fees and the thousands they would have had to spend had they continued with Court action.
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2002 CEDR, Academy of Experts, ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 20+years of experience. 1000+ mediation’s, 90% success rate. Mediated every type of commercial, workplace, boundary & family dispute. CIArb mediation assessor & trainer since 2007. ADR Group, Head of Mediation Training 2018 – 2020. English & Punjabi speaker.
Harvinder Singh BhurjiLLB (Hons), QDR(M), MCIArb, MCMI, CTLLSDirector, International Commercial & Workplace Mediator & Trainer
1998 CEDR & ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 24 years experience, CIArb & RICS mediation trainer & assessor. Coach since 1987. Specialisms racial discrimination, unfair & constructive dismissal, bullying. Property, family businesses, construction, professional negligence. Director, partnerships, business, joint venture, debt, employment.
Jane WalmsleyBA, LLB, LLM, MCIArb, UKCP, MBACPPsychotherapist, Coach, Commercial &
Workplace Mediator, Barrister (non-practicing)
2004 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 18 years mediation experience. CIArb Commercial Mediation Assessor. Solicitor & Consultant at Freeths 45+ years. Specialisms, dispute resolution, professional negligence, clinical negligence, product liability, personal injury, defamation & sports law.
Paul BalenLLB (Hons), Solicitor & Consultant at Freeths LLP, Director of Trust Mediation, Commercial Mediator
2005 ADR Chambers Accredited Mediator. 16 years mediation experience. Chartered Accountant & Insurance Practitioner. Expert witness. Specialisms, insurance, liquidations, professional negligence, construction & boundaries.
David S BlackBSc (Hons) CA FCII FCILA ACIArb MEWICommercial Mediator & Accountant
2017 CEDR Accredited, 5 years mediation experience. Specialisms, commercial, company, contract, property, probate, IP & professional negligence.
Tim BennettPartner & Head of Dispute Resolutionat Bray & Bray Solicitors, 2007 - 2020.
CEDR Accredited Commercial Mediator
1996 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 26 years mediation experience. CIArb commercial mediation course tutor & assessor. Specialisms, construction, contracts, corporate sale, landlord & tenant, employment, personal injury & professional negligence.
Grant GoodladBarrister & Commercial Mediator 
2007 ADR Group Accredited Mediator. 15 years mediation experience. Family & workplace mediation trained. Specialisms, probate, landlord / tenant, boundary, partnership, building, contract, insurance, professional negligence, family & workplace.
Julian RendallLLM, MCIArb, FMCA, MIAM's PPCSupervisor, Commercial, Workplace & Family Mediator
2008 ADR Chambers Accredited Mediator. 14 years mediation experience. Director at Davisons Solicitors & Head of the Dispute Resolution Team. Specialisms, construction, probate, family, employment, contract & professional negligence.
Umran SadiqSolicitor & Commercial Mediator 
2005 CEDR Accredited Mediator. 17 years mediation experience. Family Mediator also.
Vice President of the Law Society of England & Wales. English, Punjabi & Urdu speaker. Specialisms, property, boundary, directors, probate & contract.
Lubna ShujaSolicitor, Commercial & Family Mediator 
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