Mediation & Arbitration		Contacts
Mediation is becoming an increasingly popular method for resolving disputes that would previously have been fought out through the Courts. The process is flexible, confidential and almost certainly cheaper in terms of time and legal costs than the alternative of going to Court.   McCormicks have a wealth of experience in this alternative area of dispute resolution and can help you as one of the parties. Alternatively, if you are seeking a Mediator, then Partner, Neil Goodrum, has extensive experience in helping parties to disputes as a lead Mediator registered with CEDR, the internationally renowned mediation organisation.   Another alternative to going to Court is for disputing parties to take their case to arbitration. Intended to be quicker and cheaper than Court Proceedings and arbitrator will decide the outcome of the dispute, generally based on evidence presented in accordance with rules agreed between those parties and the Arbitrator. Click here to read more...		Neil Goodrum Partner View Full Profile This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   Peter McCormick OBE Senior Partner View Full Profile This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Experience

Neil Goodrum has a national reputation as an experienced lead Mediator and has acted in this role in many disputes involving employment, commercial litigation, professional negligence, commercial property, clinical negligence and personal injury.

Neil works in close association with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) being a member of the CEDR Direct panel of Mediators. As a member of the CEDR Training Faculty he is actively involved in training new mediators.

The range of mediation activities are demonstrated by the following examples:

• Commercial contract – dealing with a dispute regarding the provision of services to a substantial commercial undertaking, involving issues of agency, breach of contract and valuation where the amount in dispute totaled £1 million.
• Commercial property – dispute regarding the contractual arrangement and valuation of commercial property where the amount in dispute exceeded £1.5 million.
• Employment – a dispute between a Senior Executive and a nationally known substantial commercial organisation involving allegations of breach of contract and personal injury where the amount in dispute exceeded £2 million.
• Partnership/ commercial contract – disputes between a professional partnership involving breach of contract, allocation of clients and future competition where the amount in dispute exceeded £500,000.
• Commercial contract – disputes relating to the breach of a multi party joint venture agreement where the amount in dispute was in the region of £1 million.
• Employment – dispute between a senior employee and a substantial international organisation relating to breach of contract, disability discrimination and personal injury where the amount in dispute amounted to £1.4 million.
• Personal injury – dispute regarding compensation for severe head injuries resulting from a road accident where the amount in dispute exceeded £2 million.
• Clinical negligence – dispute arising from allegations of negligence over the birth of a severely disabled child where the amount in dispute exceeded £2 million.

Peter McCormick is a Chairman of the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel and the team at McCormicks has a wealth of experience in arbitrating and meditating on sports related disputes.

“McCormicks’ partner Goodrum excels at “inspiring trust” in anxious parties. Peers report that he is “great at the creative thinking that is sometimes necessary to eliciting the most useful information”. Chambers UK

“McCormicks’ Neil Goodrum has a wealth of experience in commercial ADR, while Peter McCormick is one the country’s leading lights for sports-related disputes”. Legal 500

"Goodrum is an employment expert who has developed a mediation practice that encompasses high-value employment disputes and more general contractual and commercial matters. Observers characterise his approach as 'accommodating, enthusiastic and fantastically persistent.'" Chambers UK

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