"Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you."Aldous Huxley

Dispute Resolution, Training and Consultancy Services across the UK, Europe and Beyond.

Civil & Commercial Mediation, Trust & Contested Probate Mediation, Workplace Mediation and Family Mediation.

The Mediation Specialists team resolves civil, commercial, workplace and family disputes in one day. We have specialists in wills, trusts, inheritance, contentious probate, construction, intellectual property, contract, personal injury, professional negligence, ethics, clinical negligence, IT, property, partnership, nuisance, environmental, employment and family conflicts concerning children, divorce and finances. With an eighty percent success rate, mediation avoids the costs, stress and time of litigation and court.

First established in 2010,  our mediators have the decades of legal, business, organisational and relationship experience necessary to provide you with the opportunity to reach a rapid, beneficial and bespoke professional resolution of your civil, commercial, workplace or family dispute. All UK and largely CEDR trained, we adhere to the highest professional standards of mediation practice and are now located across Great Britain, Ireland, France, Switzerland and the British Virgin Islands.

In addition to on line and in person mediation, we also provide training and consultancy services to individuals, companies and organisations throughout the UK, Europe and English, French and Spanish speaking countries worldwide.  

The Mediation Specialists is a registered mediation organisation with the regulator of mediation in England and Wales, namely the Civil Mediation Council, We are committed to excellence in all that we do. 

Sheila Gooderham Director & Lawyer Mediator
Sheila Gooderham
Director & Lawyer Mediator

“We are passionate about the provision of expertise and excellence in mediation. Mediation is a positive, swift and cost-effective choice. We support and empower you to transform difficult situations into successful solutions.”

"We are passionate about the provision of expertise and excellence in mediation. Mediation is a positive, swift and cost-effective choice. We support and empower you to transform difficult situations into successful solutions."

Judith Hogarth

Faiza Alleg Dolivet

Elizabeth Bilton

Byron Tyson

Kevin Smyth

Neil Boothroyd

Ann Allen Encontre

Helen Johnson

Appointment service required:

Tim Carter

Sheila Gooderham