Profile
Antony is a very experienced and highly-skilled mediator with a wide-ranging mediation practice. This enables him to provide mediation services in many different contexts and not just within a litigation setting. He also has considerable experience as a mediation advocate.
Antony was called to the Bar in 1984 and has been a practising barrister at Littleton Chambers specialising in Employment and Commercial Law, but also with considerable experience and expertise in Sports Law and Professional Negligence. He first became accredited as a Civil and Commercial Mediator in 2008 and quickly added Workplace Mediation and Community Mediation to his skillset.
His complementary skills as a barrister have led to him being instructed as a mediator in employment and workplace mediations as well as civil and commercial disputes of all types. In addition, Antony has also become a highly experienced community mediator which has provided him with valuable skills in co-mediation and in applying different mediation models and approaches.
By way of example, he has conducted mediations in the following types of claim:
• Employment/workplace disputes including, bullying, discrimination and victimisation claims of all sorts, dismissals, whistleblowing claims, terms and conditions disputes and redundancies.
• Commercial contract claims varying in value between a few thousands of pounds up to a multi-million pound investment banking dispute
• Numerous restrictive covenants/confidential information disputes
• Partnership disputes
• Sports disputes
• Business tenancy disputes
• Education disputes, including mediations between universities and their academic staff or students and between schools and staff and between teachers and parents
• Neighbour disputes, including boundary disputes, nuisance and trespass claims and violent feuds between neighbours where the reference to mediation has emanated from the Police, a local authority, a housing association or landlord
• Inter-generational disputes between family members, including disputed wills
All mediations are confidential, but some of Antony’s mediated cases have involved very high profile individuals and/or issues in the public spotlight, which have required extremely sensitive and confidential handling. For example, Antony successfully mediated a dispute involving a media organisation and one of its very senior employees concerning allegations of phone-hacking in the context of a particularly high profile police investigation.
Antony possesses all of the skills one would expect from an experienced mediation practitioner. He has a highly engaging manner, full of energy, enthusiasm and good humour, whilst remaining empathetic and sensitive. Most mediators like to describe themselves as impartial and neutral, but Antony considers such a stance to be too passive, preferring a rather more proactive approach that is best described as ‘omni-partial’, with sleeves rolled up, working equally hard in the best interests of every party.
Antony also has a very clear focus upon “resolution” (the ‘R’ in ADR), which is not the same as compromise or settlement. He does not view mediation as merely a form of negotiation or ‘horse-trading’ and is not a fan of ‘shuttle diplomacy’. He is not afraid to examine and, if necessary, challenge apparently entrenched positions, assertions of ‘bottom lines’ and ‘over my dead body’ issues. He believes strongly that the scope of potential outcomes is limited only by the imaginations of the participants and expects everyone involved to think creatively and collaboratively.
His considerable experience in community mediation, which follows a very different mediation model from that of commercial mediation, has allowed him to develop and fuse the skills he has acquired in each area giving him a more varied and flexible ‘toolbox’ than many other purely commercial mediators. His very high success rate is undoubtedly the result of his ability to be flexible in his style and approach and to find just the right tool for the job in hand.
Antony continues to make a considerable commitment to pro bono work, both in community and commercial mediation, devoting a minimum of 20 days per year to pro bono matters.
History
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Date
Nature of dispute
Outcome
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4 August 2022Employment Settlement AgreementOutcome: Did Not Settle
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29 September 2021Workplace Mediation - Dispute between Board of Directors and CEOOutcome: Partial Settlement
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23 August 2021Commercial Mediation - £0.25 billion group action involving large internet platformOutcome: Partial Settlement
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12 August 2021Workplace Mediation - working relationship breakdown between heads of two brands in large recruitment agencyOutcome: Settled
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15 January 2021Community Mediation - neighbour disputeOutcome: Settled
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21 December 2020Workplace Mediation - Veterinary partnership disputeOutcome: Did Not Settle
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16 October 2020Community mediation - neighboursOutcome: Did Not Settle
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5 August 2020Professional partnership dispute - solicitorsOutcome: Settled
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27 July 2020Community Mediation - neighbour disputeOutcome: Settled
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10 July 2020Community MediationOutcome: Settled
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22 June 2020Community mediation - neighbour dispute noise nuisanceOutcome: Settled
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3 June 2020Workplace mediation concerning return to work by disabled furloughed architectOutcome: Settled
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17 March 2020Workplace Mediation - working relationship breakdown warehouse staffOutcome: Partial Settlement
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30 August 2019Community Mediation - Neighbour disputeOutcome: Settled
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16 August 2019Civil & Commercial - Dispute between a residential care home and neighbours over parking, lighting and nuisanceOutcome: Settled
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14 March 2019Partnership/Age Discrimination (Claim worth over £6m)Outcome: Settled
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20 December 2018Room to Talk: Family relationship breakdown involving a child with a limited life conditionOutcome: Settled
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1 November 2018Employment dispute - business protection and confidential information covenantsOutcome: Settled
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15 October 2018Workplace dispute between local authority enforcement officersOutcome: Settled
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11 July 2018Neighbour dispute - Anti-social behaviour from rehabilitation hostel residentsOutcome: Settled
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24 May 2018Workplace bullyingOutcome: Settled
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12 November 2017Family dispute over contact with childOutcome: Settled
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3 November 2017Inter-generational family relationships disputeOutcome: Settled
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17 October 2017Neighbour DisputeOutcome: Settled
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27 September 2017Employment Dispute - Trade Union ActivitiesOutcome: Did Not Settle
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15 August 2017Workplace Dispute (Local Government - Library Service))Outcome: Settled
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9 August 2017Workplace Dispute (GP Practice)Outcome: Settled
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4 May 2017WorkplaceOutcome: Settled
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21 April 2017WorkplaceOutcome: Settled
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26 February 2016Commercial disputed debtOutcome: Adjourned
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22 October 2015Commercial - exclusive distribution agreementOutcome: Settled
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7 September 2015WorkplaceOutcome: Settled
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25 August 2015Community Mediation: Family FeudOutcome: Settled
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14 August 2015Community Mediation - Light pollutionOutcome: Settled
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8 July 2015Education: University/PhD StudentOutcome: Did Not Settle
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20 April 2015EmploymentOutcome: Settled
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23 April 2014Commercial, CommissionsOutcome: Settled
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27 March 2014WorkplaceOutcome: Settled
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30 January 2014Community MediationOutcome: Settled
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23 September 2013Community MediationOutcome: Settled
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15 July 2013WorkplaceOutcome: Settled
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21 May 2013Commercial Chancery DisputeOutcome: Did Not Settle
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9 May 2013WorkplaceOutcome: Settled
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28 March 2013Commercial EmploymentOutcome: Settled
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13 December 2012Community MediationOutcome: Settled
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15 August 2012Commercial, EmploymentOutcome: Did Not Settle
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1 June 2012Community MediationOutcome: Settled
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21 May 2011Community MediationOutcome: Settled
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11 November 2010CommercialOutcome: Settled after date
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2 June 2010Community MediationOutcome: Settled
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28 May 2010WorkplaceOutcome: Did Not Settle
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18 May 2010CommercialOutcome: Settled
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7 May 2010CommercialOutcome: Did Not Settle
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27 April 2010EmploymentOutcome: Settled
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19 March 2010CommercialOutcome: Settled
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3 February 2010WorkplaceOutcome: Did Not Settle
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15 December 2009CommercialOutcome: Settled
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9 December 2009Community MediationOutcome: Settled after date
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3 June 2009CommercialOutcome: Did Not Settle
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24 February 2009CommercialOutcome: Settled
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18 February 2009CommercialOutcome: Did Not Settle
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16 December 2008CommercialOutcome: Settled after date
Insurance
- Insurance Provider Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund
- Certificate Status Certificate on file
- Expiry Date 31 March 2023
- Level of Cover 2000000
CPD & Training
- Mediation Training Provider Clerks Room
- Date Qualified as Mediator 1 December 2008
- Training Certificate Download PDF
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