39 Essex Chambers - Mediation Week 2025
Join 39 Essex Chambers' Mediation Week to shine a light on effective dispute resolution, driven by resolution. We will be introducing our fixed fee mediation scheme, designed to make mediation more accessible and affordable.
We are releasing a special four-episode podcast series, one episode per day from 21 to 24 July, to explore the benefits and real-world impact of mediation in some of 39 Essex Chambers' key practice areas, with insights from mediators and guests.
What we offer?
As a large multi-disciplinary set, 39 Essex Chambers provides a strong cohort of mediators across a wide range of practice areas.
Our Fixed Fee Mediation Scheme offers access to experienced mediators at costs tailored to suit your specific dispute. The scheme is also designed to simplify the process of appointing the best suited mediator, tailored to the specific needs of the dispute.
If you would like to speak with us, please contact the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice team.
Click to view more details of our Fixed Fee Mediation Scheme page.
Get in Touch
- Chris Jones (Senior Practice Manager - ADR) - Chris.Jones@39essex.com
- Olivia Rubbra (Assistant Practice Manager - ADR) - Olivia.Rubbra@39essex.com
Webinar - Meet the Mediators: In Conversation with 39 Essex Chambers
To continue the conversation, join us for a live webinar with our experienced mediators where we will discuss the value of mediation, and how mediation can be used in our areas of specialism.
If you have any questions you'd like our mediators to answer at the webinar, or would like to know more about our recently launched fixed fee scheme, get in touch with Chris or Olivia with the contact above.
Register your place now at HERE.
Listen Now
Episode 1 - 39 Steps to Immigration with William Norris KC and Shaman Kapoor In this episode, 39 Essex Chambers Mediation Group barrister William Norris KC and Shaman Kapoor discuss the principles and practicalities of mediation in civil claims, particularly focusing on claims for personal injury, clinical negligence and product liability as well as contract and tort actions.
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Episode 2 - Mediation in Planning and Compensation with John Pugh-Smith and Juan Lopez John Pugh-Smith and Juan Lopez, specialist counsel and accredited mediators, take an introductory look at how mediation is beginning to be enthusiastically mobilised in the areas planning, compulsory purchase and compensation. Drawing from personal experiences they explain how mediation, as part of well-established case management, is now emerging as a necessary part of the practitioner’s toolkit and resolution techniques, so in providing an alternative solution or constructive contribution to disputes that are common within these practice areas, thereby reducing litigation risk. They discuss how a carefully considered and dynamic approach taken to mediation can prove both positive and accessible in many and varying instances, and, in assuredly serving the commercial and other interests of promoters, landowners, infrastructure bodies, and objectors alike as well as assisting the regulating public bodies. |
Episode 3 - Mediating Court of Protection and Public Law Disputes with Katharine Scott and Eliza Sharon In this episode, 39 Essex Chambers' barristers Katie Scott and Eliza Sharron discuss why mediation has traditionally been under used in Court of Protection and public law disputes, and they examine the types of disputes which lend themselves to mediation within these fields. |
Episode 4 - Mediating Commercial and Construction Disputes with Kelly Stricklin Coutinho and Amrik Kandola In this episode, Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho, barrister and mediator at 39 Essex Chambers and Chair of the Civil Mediation Council, and her guest, Amrik Kandola, commercial and construction mediator at CEDR, and ADR member of the Civil Justice Council, discuss some current themes in commercial and construction mediation |
