Personal bio
Mediator since: 2014 Specialist areas: Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence (administered through Trust Mediation). Civil and commercial litigation. Workplace and employment. Special Educational needs & disability disputes. Professional negligence. Legal costs. Property and neighbour disputes. Contract disputes. Inheritance disputes Professional Tessa is a Director of the London School of Mediation and has been mediating since qualifying in 2014. She is a non-practicing solicitor with considerable experience of catastrophic injury cases. She spent most of her legal career with leading law firm Irwin Mitchell where she specialised in brain & spinal cord cases of the utmost severity & complexity. Having seen how protracted and emotionally costly litigation can be, Tessa is passionate about the mediation process as an alternative. Given her background, she is perfectly placed to mediate the toughest dispute being able to cut through key issues of risk and cost, both financial and emotional, for the participants. She is able to fully utilise her experience to mediate any type of dispute. Her approachable nature combined with her ability to communicate in the most difficult situations makes her an ideal mediator. Memberships Civil Mediation Council Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Trust Mediation Mediator Global Mediation Mediator Education Tessa qualified as a solicitor in 1996. Having spent many years working for Irwin Mitchell, she trained as an accredited mediator with the London School of Mediation in 2014. Since then she has joined the Faculty delivering mediation training and coaching on the accredited course before becoming a Director in 2017. She is an accredited workplace mediator and SEND mediator. Feedback 'Tessa is a most effective organiser and communicator. She has first class interpersonal skills,' 'Tessa was patient and non-judgmental throughout.'