Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors are now also Family Law Solicitors in Torquay
The last 18 months has been an exceptional period for Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors.
In this period, we have:
Whilst less visible, we have made changes to our website and to our procedures so that we have improved out transparency about legal pricing/charges and our systems to provide and outstanding service to our clients.
As part of these changes we have incorporated innovative technology into our website to assist new clients to better engage with us and to improve what we are able to provide at initial meeting. We have also introduced a pay as you go and wider fixed fee service.
The final step in this period of growth is the opening of our Torquay Family Law Office on the 03 June 2019.
Our Torquay Family Law Office is conveniently located in Lymington Road, at the Torquay Business Centre.
We selected this as a location because it is easily accessible from all parts of Torquay. Torquay Business Centre is a relatively short distance from Torquay County Court. It is also reasonably convenient for Torbay Council social services meetings at Union House.
We also have the benefit of being able to offer free parking (subject to availability and normally pre-booking) and good disabled access.
Our Torquay solicitors team will be led by Nicole Phare.
Nicole qualified as a specialist family law solicitor in 2005 and specialises in both children law and divorce.
Nicole enjoyed a long career in family law before qualifying as a solicitor and most of her career has been spent working for different practices in Torbay
Nicole will be supported in building our Torquay family law solicitors office by our director Ian Walker and highly experienced solicitors David Howell-Richardson and Sandy Powell.
Both Ian and Sandy have had careers which have included working for South Devon/Torquay practices and between us, we have assisted many Torbay families over the years.
We are conscious that over the years the number of solicitors firms who undertake complex children work in Torquay has significantly reduced.
Before we opened our Torquay solicitors office there were only two firms of solicitors with offices in Torquay which included members of the Law Society Children Panel and which still offer a legally aided service.
By opening an office in Torquay we have taken this number up to 3.
From our Torquay family law solicitors office we will be assisting clients both with children law and divorce.
We are a team of specialist divorce lawyers in Torquay. We will be offering a divorce service from our Torquay family law office.
At Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors we are committed members of the family law solicitors organisation Resolution. Ian Walker is now in his third (three year) term as the elected chair of the Devon region of resolution. Ian is also a member of Resolution’s national Dispute Resolution Committee which promotes innovation and best practice in resolving family Law and divorce cases out of court. He has previously served as both a member of the Law Society Family Law Committee and as a trustee of the Family Mediators Association. One of Ian’s achievements was the introduction of collaborative family law in Devon.
We are committed to assisting our divorce clients to resolve their cases in a principled and fair way which focuses on achieving good outcomes but ensures that the needs of the couple’s children are not lost in (often unnecessary) adult disputes.
If you believe we can assist – please do get in touch.
In six and half years we have grown from nothing to being a leading family law solicitors practice and mediation service in the south-west.
We have achieved our growth through the innovative use of technology. Are use of technology is both client facing and also within the platform through which we work. We make good use of cloud technology. We use other innovative software and we subscribe to the best available family law practice support service.
We now have SRA authorised offices in Honiton, Exeter, Torquay and Weston-super-Mare as well as consulting rooms we access in Yeovil and Bridgwater.
Our team consists of both employed solicitors and fee share consultant’s.
Whilst on the one hand we intend to consolidate the advances we have made over the last 18 months, on the other hand, we are always open to new opportunities.
We are therefore ever open to hear from outstanding family lawyers who might be based in Devon and Somerset slightly further afield who are interested in joining an innovative, collegiate, noncorporate but highly professional and expert team. Our team has grown around its people and being open to new opportunities and if you share our vision and would like to join our journey then we would like to hear from you. (Equity opportunities are available). Join our Family Law Solicitors in Torquay.
Leading Exeter Family Law Solicitor and Exeter Divorce Lawyer David Howell-Richardson joins Ian Walker Family Law And Mediation Solicitors – adding to one of the most experienced teams of family Law solicitors and divorce lawyers in Devon and Somerset
David Howell-Richardson has spent many years assisting clients in Exeter and throughout Devon to achieve good outcomes for their divorce and child related problems.
David Howell Richardson qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and as Head of Family Law and partner at Stones Solicitors, Exeter and then Trowers and Hamlins Solicitors, David will have assisted thousands of clients in Exeter and Devon with his child focused but tenacious approach. David has spent many years as a member of the Law Society Children Panel and on the Law Society Family Mediation Panel.
David Howell-Richardson is well known and well liked in the Exeter and Devon family law community. He is an active member of Resolution, which is leading force in the development of good practice for family solicitors and divorce lawyers. David’s reputation and experience assists him in achieving good outcomes for his clients.
Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors was founded by leading Devon and Somerset family law solicitor and divorce lawyer Ian Walker in 2013. Ian Walker is the long-standing chair of the Devon region of Resolution and is a former member of the Law Society Family Law Committee and a former trustee of the Family Mediators Association.
It is the mission statement of Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors to set standards of excellence in the practice of family Law and mediation. Also, to assist clients to find the best solutions for their family law issues in a way that is child focused, cost effective and as un-traumatic as possible.
An example of the progressive approach of Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors is that the practice has always published its charging rates on their website http://ian-walker-family-law.local/payments-2/these charges are consciously lower than comparable city centre practices. However, if clients are concerned for some reason that the law firms in Exeter charging rates are not high enough, there is an ongoing offer in the firm’s fair charging policy http://ian-walker-family-law.local/payments-2/fair-charging-policy/ to price match a more expensive charging rate and donate the difference to a children’s charity.
Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors has quickly developed one of the most experienced teams of family Law solicitors and divorce lawyers in Devon and Somerset. In addition to Ian Walker and David-Howell Richardson, two of our other family Law solicitors and divorce lawyers have been partners and head of family law and divorce at their previous Devon practices, namely; Kim Stradling (Everys Solicitors) and Sandy Powell (Dunn and Baker Solicitors).
There are currently 7 specialist family Law solicitors and divorce lawyers in the team at Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors, but there are already plans in place which should see this rise to 9 specialist family Law solicitors and divorce lawyers by early 2019. This will make the team one of the largest specialist teams of family Law solicitors and divorce lawyers in Devon and Somerset, assisting clients from its offices and consulting rooms in Exeter, Taunton, Honiton and Yeovil.
The practice has a well-regarded website http://ian-walker-family-law.local/ which includes lots of useful information about family law, child law, divorce, family mediation and family law arbitration. The website includes pages with helpful advice to assist clients to choose their best divorce lawyer http://ian-walker-family-law.local/divorce/best-divorce-lawyer/ and about what to do if social services have concerns about parenting http://ian-walker-family-law.local/what-to-do-if-social-services-have-concerns-about-your-parenting/
David says:
I am delighted to be a member of the family law solicitor and divorce lawyer team at Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors. I have known Ian Walker, Kim Stradling and Sandy Powell for many years and they together with their team are excellent family Law solicitors and divorce lawyers. The philosophy behind the firm is about combining best practice, the good use of technology and reasonable charging. I am very pleased to be part of the team and to continue to assist families in Exeter and Devon.
Ian Walker says:
David Howell-Richardson has fitted easily into our team. We are building a leading family law practice to serve clients throughout Devon and Somerset from our offices and consulting rooms in Exeter, Taunton, Honiton and Yeovil. 2018 has been a year of excellent results and of growth for the practice and I am looking forward to further growth in 2019.
2017 was a really good year for Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors, but 2018 promises to be even better. Below is what I can tell you about our plans for 2018, but first, the highlights of 2017 (in no particular order):
Thanks to all who have helped us get this far. I am looking forward to 2018
We know that Christmas is not a happy time that everyone. Indeed it can be very lonely and depressing. Some parents are for various reasons unable to spend time with their children on the main days of the Christmas holiday or even at all.
In the run-up to Christmas we deal with a surge in cases where separated parents are in dispute over the arrangements through which children will spend time with each parent over the Christmas holiday. Here are some hopefully helpful thoughts.
Children don’t want to see the adults around them arguing. Children want to enjoy everything that is going on. They will quite naturally want to see all of the important adults in their lives if possible. If they are taking part in a school play or similar performance children will normally want this to be watched by their important family members. Most importantly of all (again) children do not want to witness arguments; children wants to have fun and be happy.
If it has not been possible to agree arrangements for children to spend time with the adults who they do not live with during the year, then it is unlikely that there are going to be any significant changes agreed for the Christmas period. Equally, if the amount of time that the non-resident parent spends with their child is quite limited, then it is unlikely that it is going to be agreed that they can have loads ofadditional time over the Christmas holiday. Anyadditional time that can be agreed is likely to be along the lines of what is already taking place. Asking for more than is realistic will probably be counter-productive and will only lead to arguments.
If separated parents cannot get on with each other normally, then it is unrealistic to expect significant change over Christmas. Moving between one parent and another can be very stressful for children as well as for their parents. Sometimes the situation can be improved if a family member or friend can on a regular or even specific occasionassist with the move between one parent and the other.
The best time to discuss the arrangements for Christmas is in the spring of the year before. This allows ample time to undertake mediation. If agreements cannot be reached then an application would need to be made to the Court. Securing court time is not always easy and if there is a dispute over the Christmas arrangements, if an application is made to the court in the middle of December it is unlikely that the case will be able to get before a Judge in such a way that decisions can properly be made. The later a court application is left before Christmas, the less likely it is that a satisfactory outcome will be achieved
Courts make decisions based upon evidence. If an agreement has been reached between parents and it can be proven that an agreement existed then the starting point of the Court is likely to be based upon making the parents keep to their agreements (unless there is a good reason for change)rather than starting completely from scratch
Some parents sadly do not see their children or have their time with their children restricted because there are issues about safety. Examples of this can be where there has been domestic abuse or even abusive or unsafe behaviour involving the children. Sometimes the parent with whom the child lives places the question of safety to one side in order to try to be nice to the other for Christmas or because they want to give their children what they think their children want. Risks are unlikely to diminish simply because it is Christmas and if a parent places themselves or their children in an unsafe situation then they could be unfortunate consequences both with some problem arising and also with the possibility that social services could become involved with the family because of concerns over a parents failure to protect.
The best arrangements for children are ones where their parents are able to communicate well with each other and where both parents have confidence that the other will deliver their side of the agreement. The best arrangements are where parents are able to trust each other. Unless there is a significant safety issue the best way to achieve the best arrangements is through the parents talking to each other and finding a way to put past difficulties behind them. Mediation can be an excellent forum for achieving this. The starting point to a successful mediation is both parents accepting that there is a problem that needs to be resolved and both wishing to do something to resolve the problem.
Where advice is required it is always a good idea to do this as soon as it becomes clear that the problem will not easily be solved. In our experience problems do not easily go away if nothing is done to try and solve them. Reasonable arrangements for children over the Christmas period often include Christmas Day being shared or children spending Christmas with one family one year and with another the next. However, all situations are different. Getting specific legal advice is usually a good idea.
We are a Firm of Solicitors specialising in family law and a mediation service that is based in Honiton in East Devon. We also have branch offices in Taunton. Our mediation service is contracted with the legal aid agency to offer legally aided mediation in Honiton Exeter and Taunton. If you qualify for legal aid for mediation then the mediation will be free of charge.We are members of the family solicitors organisation Resolution. Ian Walker is currently the elected chair of the Devon region Of Resolution
On Monday 30 October our specialist team family lawyers was further strengthened by new addition Stephanie Hinde who joins us as a consultant solicitor.
Stephanie joins us from Somerset firm Pardoes, with whom she trained. Stephanie was previously based at their offices in Taunton and Bridgwater.
Stephanie has a strong academic background. Before gaining a good LLB English and French Laws with French Language degree at the University of Liverpool, Stephanie was educated at Bridgewater College and Haygrove School, Bridgwater. Her degree involved spending a year Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France. Not surprisingly Stephanie is a fluent French speaker.
After university gained a commendation for her Legal Practice Course before undertaking her solicitors training contract with Pardoes.
Stephanie chose to specialise in family law after qualification and her particular expertise is in representing clients in divorce proceedings with particular interest in representing teachers. Having previously undertaken voluntary work in a classroom assistant role at Penrose Special Needs School in Bridgwater and having at one point considered teaching as an alternative career path, Stephanie has particular insight into the additional demands and stresses upon teachers at times of relationship breakdown.
To the same end, Stephanie has gained an understanding of the stresses upon parents whose children have special needs and the additional problems this can lead to when arranging fair child arrangements – which are focused upon the unique needs of the child – which can be lost sight of in times of parental dispute.
We are very pleased that Stephanie has chosen to join us. Her patient and methodical team working and commitment to the Resolution way of working should allow her to fit comfortably into our team.
At Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors we work as a team and with our recruitment policy and procedures we endeavoured to recruit new team members who will be another essential part of our team jigsaw.
Stephanie joining us means that our team now consists of 4 specialist solicitors (Ian, Kim, Carrie and Stef) together with chartered legal executive Karen.
This means we have 5 specialist family lawyers who are very ably supported by our paralegal/trainee solicitor Hannah and client care manager Beth. This means that we are now one of the larger family law teams in Devon and Somerset, and we have room for more growth yet.
Stephanie will be meeting clients in both Honiton and Taunton.
To arrange a meeting call our administration number 03339390188 or either: 01404 819098 or 01823 429183
Since founding Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors in 2013 we have grown from just me to the largest family team based in our part of East Devon and comparable to/ bigger than the family teams of some much larger firms based in Exeter and Taunton.
Kim Stradling joining us will really add to the strength and depth of our team.
Kim has joined us from Devon Solicitors Everys – where she was a partner and head of the family department
We assist clients from our offices and consulting rooms in Honiton, Taunton and Exeter.
The team now consists of:
Member Children Panel, Resolution Accredited Specialist, Arbitrator, (An Arbitrator is a private judge who is able to make legally binding decisions) Family Mediator both Law Society and Family Mediation Council Accredited Civil Mediator Member of Devon and Somerset Mediation Panel
Member Children Panel, Resolution Accredited Specialist, Family Mediator
Resolution Accredited Specialist
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In just over four years Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors have grown from being just me and a computer to a team including myself, an assistant solicitor and a legal executive.
We will soon be joined by another solicitor, who is one of Devon’s leading child law experts.
We are primarily based in Honiton, but have consulting rooms and a good stream of work in Taunton. We renewed our SQM in 2016 and are looking forward to expanding our legal aid offering in the next contract tender round.
Our work is a mix of Private Work and Legal Aid, including Divorce, Finance, Child Law (both private and public law) and mediation.
I am the current chair of Devon Resolution. I am a Solicitor, Mediator and Arbitrator
My firm is small, specialist, flexible and relaxed. We have now been trading for over four years and recently moved into a larger workspace. We have reached the point where we can take our next steps. Find out more about us at www.walkerfamilylaw.co.uk
You will need a strong academic background and clean driving licence.
Ideally you have successfully completed your LPC and possess excellent organizational, communication and IT skills. The successful candidate must demonstrate a knowledge of and passion for family law and be a team player with good sense of humour.
The position is as a paralegal for a probationary period of 6months, but with a view to this being a training contract (subject to SRA approval), or an alternative route to qualification. (We have arrangements for a non family seat). Possibility for this to start in summer/autumn 2017.
Excellent long term prospects
Based in Honiton
You will have a background in family law. Good admin and organisation skills. You will organise us in the office. No audio typing.
Ideally you will be a graduate.
Possibility of the role being school hours
I would like to recruit another experienced Solicitor, ideally with a background in divorce/finance with the possibility of them becoming a partner sooner rather than later. Fee share
Flexible working -including homeworking – but you will need to come into the office in Honiton for a day each week. You will be based in Devon or Somerset.
Help me grow the business and have greater control of your future.
We would also be pleased to hear MIAMs approved and accredited Mediators. You would able to help grow our mediation service, particularly in Honiton and Taunton. Small and Relaxed
We are looking for the right personalities, who are able to work hard and effectively but can have a laugh at the same time.
Ideally we will have a team of around 6 lawyers. We want to be a team, working for each other, with the ability to adapt to changes in the market. Neither too big or too small, but just right!
We like fee sharing – the advantage of fee sharing is the we are not going to pressure you to earn fees of £100,000 or more. We will work together for our mutual long term advantage.
Can you help us to grow?
Please send your CV and covering letter to Ian at [email protected]
We are recruiting for long term growth.
Our Legal Aid Mediation Contract allows us to work from locations in; Exeter, Honiton, Exmouth, Cullumpton, Taunton, Okehampton, Torquay, Totnes and Plymouth. To do this we had to identify inexpensive offices/rooms which are similar to our headquarters in Honiton.
Our full Legal Aid contract for family services is from our office in Honiton, in the East Devon catchment area. Our SQM was renewed in 2016 and we are all set for the new round of tendering in 2017 for 2018 legal aid contracts.
Non-legally aided work is not limited to any geographic location.
No agencies
We are very pleased to announce that Carrie Meikle was awarded the prestigious Resolution Accredited Specialist Family Solicitor status in December 2016.
Carrie deals with all areas of family law, but her two chosen specialisms for the accreditation are representing clients where there has been domestic abuse and also in respect of cases about child arrangements.
Carrie joined us in April 2016. We are very committed to the ongoing training of our team and supporting team members in gaining accreditations. One of our first decisions when reviewing Carrie’s ongoing training plan, was to support her in applying for the accreditation standard as soon as possible.
There are set points in the year when applications can be submitted. Carrie’s accreditation in December was therefore the earliest point after joining us when Carrie was able to demonstrate her expertise.
Resolution specialists are members who have chosen to test their skills and expertise through a rigorous assessment of their knowledge, abilities and way that they work with you and other people.
Resolution specialists are proven experts in a range of areas of the law arising from family breakdown.
We are prepared for the traditional increase in new enquiries from prospective new clients in January 2017. We have deliberately kept appointments free in our diaries so that we can see prospective new clients reasonably quickly.
As Christmas approaches, we are often tired and in need of a holiday.
The best decisions are rarely made when tired.
The Christmas holiday allows us a chance to recharge our batteries and the New Year provides an impetus to make changes in our lives.
We hope that the new clients who come through our door will be able to make use of our services – whether as solicitors or as a mediation service, to work their way through changes to their relationships in a positive and constructive way.
In 2017 we will continue to encourage the use of family mediation where appropriate.
We will also be promoting the use of family arbitration and our own scheme combining the benefits of mediation and arbitration – with supporting legal advice. Details of a fixed fee mediation-arbitration scheme are to be found in the mediation section of our website.
As a business, we started our own planning for 2017 in October/November.
In December we moved rooms within the East Devon Business Centre, Honiton – which is where we are primarily based.
We now have much more room and an increased number of workstations. This will allow us to cope with further growth in 2017. We will also be taking on a permanent room in Exchange House Taunton, which will greatly assist us in meeting the needs of Taunton clients.
In 2017, I am expecting our team to grow further.
In particular we will be planning for the expected tendering for new legal aid contracts, due to take place around the summer of 2017 – with contracts coming into force from spring 2018.
We already have plans in place which should allow us to expand legal aid offering. I remain as committed to legal aid as I was when I began my training contract with the first firm of solicitors that I worked for in 1990.
We have other plans which I will announce in due course. Please watch out for further posts.
As 2017 progresses I will be looking out to add to our team. I am always interested to hear from experienced practitioners – whether solicitors or mediators who are willing to work on a fee share basis.
Whilst fee sharing is less certain than being salaried – it offers an opportunity for greater reward and freedom from oppressive fee targets. If you are interested – please do get in touch.
During 2017 I would also like to recruit an additional employed team member who is likely to be a law graduate who would be interested in taking an alternative route to qualification or someone who wants to have a more backroom role.
These are slightly different options. What crystallises depends upon who applies. No rush to recruit, but CVs very welcome to; [email protected]
We also have plans to improve how we assist in having their non legal needs met better. More to follow in due course…
What is exciting is to see the progress we have made as a practice in the last four years. I am sure next year will be our best yet
To coincide with Resolution Good Divorce Week we are launching our own innovative Family Law Mediation-Arbitration (med-arb) Scheme.
Sorting out financial arrangements connected with divorce can be painfully slow and horrendously expensive. If the case proceeds through a court process costs can easily exceed £15,000 each and the whole process from walking into a solicitors office for the first time to obtaining a financial order can take over a year – sometimes well over a year
Mediation can help couples to reach agreements much quicker and at less cost – but mediation does not guarantee that an agreement will be reached. If the mediation fails this adds to the cost and to the delay – which is why many families – particularly where there is a limited budget decide not to mediate.
I am one of a handful of practitioners who are quadruple qualified as a Solicitor, Family Mediator, Civil Mediator and Arbitrator. What I have done, is to work out a scheme – a process – which combines the security to clients of receiving legal advice and representation, the benefits of reaching an agreement through mediation together with the certainty of outcome that can be achieved with arbitration.
Most clients are familiar with what a solicitor does (advise and represent) and what a mediator does (assist the couple on a neutral basis to negotiate – and hopefully also to improve their working relationship).
Arbitration is a different form of resolving disputes. It is relatively new in the context of family breakdown. Essentially the arbitrator is a private judge who will make a legally binding decision.
In our Family Law Mediation-Arbitration Scheme we have worked at a process where the solicitors gather together financial disclosure and advise their clients on the parameters and fairness of what a settlement could be. This is what solicitors are really good at. Obtaining a clear financial picture can be more challenging for a mediator.
The solicitors and the mediator and the couple work towards a one off mediation meeting where all will attend – armed with all the information that they need with a view to reaching an agreement. We have called this the Case Resolution Mediation Meeting. Most cases will settle at this stage.
The mediator will work with the couple at the outset to deal with any interim issues and then before the Case Resolution Mediation Meeting to help the couple be properly prepared for that meeting – in order to maximise the prospects of settlement.The mediator will use their skills at the Case Resolution Mediation Meeting to maximise the prospects of settlement. If all goes well a final financial consent order will be drafted on the day.
If the case does not settle at the Case Resolution Mediation Meeting our Family Law Mediation-Arbitration Scheme allows the case to move seamlessly into an arbitration process.
In most cases, even if there is not an agreement at the Case Resolution Mediation Meeting, the gap between the couple should be sufficiently narrow that the arbitrator will be able to make a decision simply by looking at the paperwork.
If a paper arbitration is not possible then there will be an arbitration hearing.
Even in the worst-case scenario, the whole process should be able to be completed in less than six months. The biggest potential delay would be obtaining pension information/advice.
Apart from the scenario where there is an attended Arbitration Hearing – the eventualities are sufficiently predictable that these can be charged on a fixed fee basis. Full details of the fixed fees are in the scheme documentation. However, in all scenarios the costs should be significantly less then a contested court process.
The process gets underway after the couple and their solicitors sign the mediation contract and the binding agreement to arbitrate. This means that if the mediation part fails everyone is committed to proceed to arbitration. Our Family Law Mediation-Arbitration Scheme does however include a single break clause which deals with a scenario where one of the couple fails to provide full financial disclosure. This break is there as a safeguard – but it is unlikely to be needed – because exercising the break calls will commit the couple to spending thousands of pounds in a court process.
Here is a link to the scheme’s home page on our website:
http://ian-walker-family-law.local/solicitor-led-family-mediation/mediation-arbitration-scheme/
Here is a download to our detailed Family Law Mediation-Arbitration Scheme brochure.
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In order for this to all work we need to have a team of expert arbitrators and solicitors who are committed to working within the process and who are willing to work to the fee scheme.
I am pleased to say that we are very lucky with our panel of participating arbitrators. These are:
Karin Walker|Partner KGW Family Law, Woking
Ian Taylor |Partner Coodes, St Austell. Deputy District Judge
Rhys Taylor |Barrister, 36 Bedford Row Chambers, London.
Barbara Corbett | Partner, Benest Corbett Renouf, Jersey.
Karin Walker is a member of the National Committee of Resolution and she is also the Chair of the Resolution Dispute Resolution Committee.All of our participating arbitrators and our initial panels of solicitors have considered the terms of the Family Law Mediation-Arbitration Scheme very carefully and are all very happy to be involved in it. The mediation side of the scheme has also been independently assessed by my own mediation PPC (practice supervisor).
I am in the role of mediator.I have been a family mediator since 1996.
I am also a practising solicitor and an arbitrator and mediator for civil disputes (where the style of mediation is slightly different).
Our initial panel of solicitors are:
Zoe Gaitskell | Partner Beviss & Beckingsale 01404 548055 Fin O’Leary | Solicitor Scott Rowe 01297 32345 Kim Stradling | Partner Everys 01395 264384 Terry Bastyan | Partner Gilbert Stephens 01392 424242 Fiona Yellowlees| Partner WBW 01626 202415 Victoria Oerton and Graham Simm| Partners Oerton Simm 01823 259449
All are very experienced solicitors and members of Resolution.
Our scheme is inclusive and not exclusive. We would be very happy for other solicitors to participate and we will also be happy for the solicitors to pick arbitrators not on our panel.
To be included on the list – solicitors need to commit to the fixed fees and to working within the spirit of the scheme.
I could not speak to everyone that I know in the legal world when I was working this out. I therefore limited those who I discussed it with to some near neighbours.
If anyone would like to be added to the list, they will be very welcome.
I will be offering the scheme in its attached form in East Devon (from Honiton), Exeter, Taunton and Newton Abbot. I am happy to run a modified version of the scheme elsewhere.
If you are slightly further afield and you would like to be able to participate in the scheme then please do let me know and we can work out how we can make modifications to benefit your clients.
Here is a flowchart showing how it works. But you need to read the full brochure. (Link above)
