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John Price
Mediator
Construction
Contract
Environmental
Landlord and Tenant
Professional Negligence
FCIArb (Arbitration)
FCIArb (Mediation)
FCInstCES
CEDR Solve Mediator
CEDR Direct Mediator
Chartered Arbitrator
Registered Adjudicator
Chartered Quantity Surveyor
John is a widely experienced CEDR Registered/CEDR Solve/CEDR Direct mediator who has mediated successfully on more than 100 UK and international disputes ranging from a few thousand pounds to £multi-millions. His ‘success’ rate is 90%.
He is experienced in conducting mediations involving commercial companies large and small and those involving individual parties, in the UK and internationally, in the construction industry, the manufacturing industry, Specialist Trades, Property, Professional Services/Negligence, Worldwide Procurement, Exhibition Displays, Drilling Machinery, the Pottery Industry, the sale of a Vulcan Bomber. He also mediates in fields such as landlord and tenant, neighbour disputes and equine pursuits.
John is one of the Court of Appeal Mediation Scheme mediators, which normally involves very complex disputes.
John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Chartered Arbitrator. He is a Fellow both in Arbitration and Mediation being one of the first Fellows under the Mediation route. Convenor of the Panel of Mediators. Approved mediation tutor and examiner, Panel of Arbitrators, Served on the Arbitration Committee, ADR Committee and Panel Management Group. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: Chartered Quantity Surveyor
John sits on a large number of regional and specialist Mediator and Adjudicator panels. He has also acted as a Dispute Board Chairman.
He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: Chartered Quantity Surveyor. Member of the Institution’s Construction Mediation Group.
His experience ranges from disputes between individuals to multi-party commercial disputes, with legally represented parties (solicitors and counsel) and with expert witnesses in attendance. Mediations conducted also include complex multi-issue disputes, with up to 20 people in attendance and organising assistant mediators, experts and others attending to carry out concurrent exercises to assist in achieving settlements.
Speaker on mediation at Dubai 2004 Conference on commercial dispute resolution in the Middle East. Judge at Law Society National Negotiation Competition March 2006. Judge at the ICC International Mediation Competition, Paris 2008. Mediator Assessor, Athens 2008.
Examples of mediations settled in one or more days include:
General Commercial
Breaches of contract concerning the sale of a Vulcan Bomber
Supply of cut and coiled steel wire for supermarket trolleys and baskets
Supply of heat resistant alloy castings
Introduction fee for sale of property
Drilling machinery specification, loss of profit, damages
Display Stands for National Exhibition
Supply of machine tools, loss of profit, repudiation
Failure of glass wall to squash court
Hire of lorries
Fire damage
Construction
Lead mediator in numerous ‘construction’ mediations, UK and internationally, on dispute value from a few thousand to £multi million
Power plant (Middle East), motorways, bridgeworks, office developments, court building, private houses, bulk handling terminal, church, car showroom, factory, student accommodation, retail developments, hotel, residential apartments accommodation, University building, research laboratory, listed building, etc
Construction Specialist Trades
Including lifts, M&E services, fencing, painting and decorating, bridge coatings, etc
Professional Fees/Negligence
Architect’s fees
Architect’s copyright
Neighbour Disputes
Party fence height and design, abusive behaviour and relationship at place of work
Rights of way, adverse possession, loss of light, threatening behaviour, future relations. (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Neighbour Dispute Service Panel)
Landlord & Tenant
Damage to trees and shrubs.
Damp, discomfort, rent relief, electric costs.
Property
Tripartite dispute, property lease and development costs. £2 million
(Court of Appeal Scheme mediation)
Involving Commercial and Private Parties
Replacement of diamond encrusted watch dial, with high emotional value by prestigious, international watch company
Sale of house, livery fees, construction of gallop
John has a portfolio of references and complimentary feedbacks from parties and their representatives.
Background
John’s professional life has been in the construction industry but for the last 10 years he has been mediating on a wide range of commercial and private disputes. He has worked both in private practice and in commercial organisations. Since 1979 he has specialised in advising on contractual matters, settling contentious accounts and the like and all aspects of dispute resolution. He has acted as Arbitrator and Adjudicator in more than 200 disputes and has also carried out Expert Determinations.
He has been involved in and advised clients on a very wide range of projects, throughout the UK and internationally. Clients have included numerous commercial companies, public bodies, lawyers and consultants. He was in partnership with a barrister up to the end of 1985 and then formed J E Price Associates. He has 30 years experience of negotiating for clients and acting as a dispute resolver.
His extensive experience in disputes over 30 years has provided an invaluable basis for his expanding work as a mediator in many commercial and private dispute fields.
International Experience
International experience includes work on disputes in Kuwait, Dubai, Muscat, Salalah, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Germany, China, Korea, India, Nepal, Italy, Turkey and Austria.
Professional Experience:-
As a dispute resolver John has very wide commercial experience and personal experience of commercial organisations, large and small.