ABOUT US
At Mediation Solutions we have a team of qualified and accredited mediators and legal experts who are ready to listen, guide, and support you through the mediation process from start to finish.
Together our mediation team has over 65 years’ experience with each member of the team excelling in their areas of expertise. Backed with sound legal knowledge, our team is passionate about delivering a friendly and caring mediation service and are guided by our values of neutrality, confidentiality, and trust.
Accreditations and qualifications
We’re an incredibly experienced and qualified team boasting mediation, arbitration and family and civil law qualifications. Our team are on the legal and advisory panels for many private law groups including the Manchester Private Law sub Group, the Family Justice Board, the FMC and FMA Board of Directors. In addition to their stellar background in law, our team’s mediation accreditations include:
- Accredited Family Mediator (FMCA)
- Child Inclusive Mediators (CIM)
- International Mediator (IMI)
- Qualified Arbitrator CIArb
- Member, Director, and Qualified Assessor Family Mediation Council
- Member and Mediation Trainer for the Family Mediation Association
- Qualified Lawyers (CILEX)
Areas of expertise
From family and children to civil disputes, small claims, finance and property mediation, our team help you take a step back and resolve family, business, or financial matters before they go to court.
We provide mediation services throughout Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, and the Northwest offering both online virtual and face-to-face appointments. We also offer mediation services throughout the UK and Internationally. At Mediation Solutions, we are fully qualified to support you through change and help you achieve a positive outcome.
With a background in law and a passion for mediation, our team are experts in Alternative Dispute Resolution. We pride ourselves on staying up to date with the latest developments in the law and have a wealth of experience in family and civil law to draw upon.
David is an Accredited Family Mediator (FMCA), Accredited Civil Mediator (CMC), Qualified Arbitrator (CIArb), an International Mediator (IMI) and Chartered Executive Lawyer specialising in family and civil law. David also has over 25 years’ experience working in the complex area of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) working for several high-profile legal firms in the north west.
David has spent much of his career as a legal advocate resolving disputes at court. The insight and skills gained and practised in the field Dispute Resolution over many years support David’s practise as a mediator. David has a BSc (Hons) Degree and is a member of the Family Mediation Association, Family Mediation Council, National Family Mediation and the Civil Mediation Council and member of the International Mediation Institute.
David has spent much of his career as a successful legal advocate resolving disputes before judges at both County Court level and in the Court of Appeal. David is also a panel member of the Greater Manchester Local Family Justice Board Private Law Subgroup and mediator mentor. David also been a keynote speaker for the Family Justice Board.
She is a member of the Family Mediators Association, registered with The Family Mediation Council, and is experienced in Children’s, Property and Finance and All Issues cases. She has extensive experience in face to face sessions and more recently has been mediating online regularly throughout the Covid pandemic.
Holly enjoys co-mediating with other professionals within the service and is also employed as a mediator by a local charity. Holly is committed to updating her professional practice through continuing professional development and regularly brings this additional insight into her work with clients.
Holly has undertaken her Child Inclusive Mediation Awareness and Understanding course and is working towards accreditation for mediating directly with children.
Beverley has been Chair of the Family Mediators Association and is currently co-Chair. She is a Director of the Family Mediation Council, the Governing body of Family Mediators in England and Wales. Beverley is a Mediation Trainer for the Family Mediation Association and a Family Mediation Council approved assessor for formal Mediation Accreditation. She is also a Family Consultant to the Collaborative Law process, and is the Chair of the Manchester Collaborative Law pod.
Beverley sits on the advisory panel for Exeter University’s current research into Child Inclusive Mediation. She also sits on the Family Solutions sub-Group of the national Private Law Working Group.
For 7 years Beverley was the Mediation Representative on the National Family Justice Council (FJC), and in that capacity set up and chaired the ADR committee and sat on the FJC Executive, Private Law, Children in Families, Money and Property, and Friends and Families Committees. She also represented the FJC on the Ministry of Justice Family Mediation Project Board.
Get in touch
Whether you have already started legal proceedings or are just unsure where to turn to get help to resolve a dispute, at Mediation Solutions we can help. We will help to give you more control over the outcome and resolution of family, business, or financial matters. To find out more about how mediation will work for you contact us today.