Oliver is a full time, accredited civil and commercial mediator who works nationwide. Oliver helps parties find workable solutions to a wide range of emotive and contentious disputes that cover trust, tax, company, partnership, property, charity, probate and elder law. He is a solicitor (non-practicing) who trained at Allen and Overy LLP, London and worked at Wrigleys Solicitors, Leeds for ten years where he was a partner in the private client team.
Oliver has successfully mediated a wide range of disputes. He is a first rate communicator and is quick to build trust. He uses a psychotherapeutic approach to mediation to help parties find workable solutions to a wide range of emotive and contentious issues.
His background in private client law gives him the ability to help parties with their most sensitive, personal and private affairs within the complex frame work of trust, tax, company, partnership, property, employment, probate and elder law . Oliver maintains that no matter how complicated and entrenched the problem, it is nearly always possible for participants to achieve a mediated solution.
Oliver is an advocate and practitioner of non-evaluative mediation. With the help of the mediator, the process gives the parties the opportunity to find their own solution. It is not the mediator’s role to express opinions on the relevant law or on the merits of particular positions. Oliver is an expert in reality-testing and challenging the parties’ positions, to give the parties the best chance of negotiating a mutually acceptable solution.
Mediations during lockdown: Oliver is happy to mediate face to face where it is permitted under current government guidelines and it is safe to do so. He is happy to mediate online (via Zoom) and over the telephone in time-limited and full day mediations.