Mediation has a strikingly high success rate – recent statistics indicate that 92% of mediations settle on the day or shortly afterwards. It delivers bespoke outcomes and is quick, affordable, informal, and flexible.
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A leading reputation
St John’s Chambers’ reputation as the leading mediation set in Bristol and the South West region reflects the quality and breadth of our team of experienced mediators. Regularly instructed by the country’s leading firms, our specialists work across a wide range of practice areas, mediating in person in Bristol, London and across the UK, as well as online both nationally and internationally. Recent clients range from high profile international corporations to UK public bodies and local government, SMEs, charities, insurers, landowners and occupiers, professionals, groups and individuals, and recently included a foreign national government.
Our Expertise
The majority of our mediation team is ranked in the legal directories, either for mediation or as counsel for their specialist areas of law. Our excellent client feedback and volume of repeat instructions are testament to their skill and commitment to mediation.
Our team includes experts across the full spectrum of Chambers specialisms, including commercial, contractual and company disputes, land and property, construction and engineering, wills and trusts, professional negligence, public and local government law, personal injury, and family law (see below for a full list). We are able to offer a range of seniority within most of those practice areas.
Our mediators have extensive experience in both high and lower value disputes, as well as those that are legally complex, and conflict marked by high emotion. We often mediate in multi-party disputes and are experienced in handling less common formats such as multi-day and hybrid (combined in person and online) mediations.
We offer barristers who are mediators in cases within their areas of specialism; in addition, a small number of our mediators are full time, specialist mediators who regularly mediate across a wider range of practice areas.
All our mediators take great pride in offering a mediation service that is professional, user-friendly, efficient, and empathetic – whether commercially or emotionally.
Areas of law
We offer mediation services across a wide range of legal areas, including:
- Agriculture & Rural Affairs
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial
- Construction & Engineering
- Court of Protection
- Employment
- Family & Divorce
- Inquests & Public Inquiries
- Personal Injury
- Personal Injury Mediation
- Professional Negligence
- Planning
- Licensing
- Environmental
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Wills & Trusts
Our mediation facilities
Our mediators are happy to travel to other venues, but Chambers regularly hosts mediations in our own suite of rooms for no additional charge. We have excellent, modern and fully equipped, scalable conference facilities. Our main conference room can comfortably house up to 24 people and we offer a number of smaller rooms to suit varying sizes of mediation teams. Video conferencing is available along with high speed WiFi, and all necessary catering and refreshments can be provided.
Our clerks offer efficient administrative support to ensure that your mediation is handled smoothly from start to finish.
Arranging a mediation – next steps
Our mediators charge a fixed fee for mediating, whether for a whole day, or for longer or shorter sessions. You will find that our rates are highly competitive. Please contact our clerks to discuss fees.
Our mediators are always pleased to talk informally about potential or upcoming mediations, and are well placed to offer guidance on sensitive issues such as process design, engagement and preparation. Do get in touch if you would welcome a conversation and we will arrange for one of our team to talk to you.
Once a mediation is booked we will provide a timetable for the preparation and exchange of paperwork. In appropriate cases our mediators will offer a pre-mediation online meeting with each team separately (without additional charge); usually this will take place shortly before the mediation.
Testimonials
Alex is very good at putting the parties on the spot and challenging them. I always found him very robust to deal with when it came to contentious probate work. He provides robust opinions and has an excellent style. He is very approachable and clients feel reassured by him.”
Chambers UK, 2025 Mediation
Harry is fantastic. He goes above and beyond when dealing with both parties. He quickly understands the sensitive issues and the key areas of dispute that are crucial to focus on. He’s approachable and well prepared. He quickly builds up a rapport with clients, which is invaluable throughout the course of the mediations. He’s balanced and he challenges where necessary.”
Chambers UK, 2025 Mediation
Contact Us
Please contact our clerks to find out how we can help you.
Mediation Team
Alex Troup KC
- Call: 1998
- Silk: 2023
Richard Stead
- Call: 1979
John Sharples
- Call: 1992
Jacqueline Humphreys
- Call: 1994
John Dickinson
- Call: 1995
Matthew White
- Call: 1997
Julian Horne
- Call: 1998
Harry Spurr
- Call: 2001
James Pearce-Smith
- Call: 2002
Zoë Saunders
- Call: 2003
Christopher Jones
- Call: 2004
Jody Atkinson
- Call: 2005
Ben Handy
- Call: 2008
Oliver Wooding
- Call: 2009
Natasha Dzameh
- Call: 2010
Charlie Newington-Bridges
- Call: 2011
Adam Boyle
- Call: 2012
Oliver Riley
- Call: 2013
Daniel Soar
- Call: 2016
Zoey White
- Call: 2018
Guy Adams
- Call: 1989
Richard Gold
- Call: 2006
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