Personal bio
Judith is a Director of the London School of Mediation and has mediated hundreds of disputes since qualifying in 2004. She is a non-practicing solicitor. She was a partner of a major national law firm, subsequently running her own law firm until 2020. Judith mediates some of the most seemingly intractable disputes and has an enviable success rate. She regularly mediates highly sensitive and emotional disputes and brings patience and empathy to these situations whilst also helping to resolve risk, cost and practical matters creatively. Her particular expertise is in managing multi-party disputes, the largest involving 26 participants. She mediates workplace disputes where there is a breakdown in trust and respect and all of her workplace mediations have resulted in settlements through the use of transformative mediation skills. Specialist areas: Civil, Commercial and business mediations. Partnership, shareholder and family business disputes. Workplace and employment disputes, including team mediations. She regularly mediates personal injury & clinical negligence, professional negligence, costs dispute, property, contract and consumer disputes, inheritance disputes, insolvency, military, police and rescue services disputes. Clergy/Laity conflict. Judith qualified as an electronic engineer and was a commissioned officer in the Royal Navy before qualifying as a solicitor in 1997. She trained with Stitt, Feld and Handy and ADR Chambers, and also attended the judicial mediation training with JAMS in New York. Feedback "Judith has a very impressive settlement rate at mediation in seemingly intractable disputes and brings an abundance of skill to the process. She is able to put people at their ease whilst also robustly reality testing to explore common interests and risk."