Dispute Resolution the Easy Way
Workplace MediationWorkplace mediation is a voluntary and confidential process that aims to resolve workplace disputes in a pragmatic and effective way and usually involves workers who remain in employment
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Employment MediationEmployment mediation is a process the focusses on disputes that have already begun, or are just about to begin, with the aim of reaching a bunding and confidential settlement to avoid the costs of an employment tribunal
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Commercial Mediation2022:Commercial mediation is a flexible, voluntary and confidential process in which a third party neutral mediator assist the parties to work towards a negotiated settlement of a dispute
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Why choose workplace mediation?
The cost of workplace conflict is rising dangerously. According to a 2015 CIPD report, 4 out of every 10 employees in the UK has experienced some form of interpersonal conflict in the past 12 months. According to recent ONS data, the UK has one of the lowest productivity levels in the G7
"Unresolved conflict costs the UK economy a staggering £33 billion a year according to CEDR/CBI"
Suppressed conflicts are damaging and destructive to business. Workplace mediation is a process in which workers and employers are assisted to resolving a dispute by a trained, neutral, third-party mediator in a confidential, safe and voluntary environment. With a focus on pragmatism, flexibility and creativity, our workplace mediation service rates start at £1,250 plus VAT for a day and £600 plus VAT for a half day
"Unresolved conflict costs the UK economy a staggering £33 billion a year according to CEDR/CBI"
Suppressed conflicts are damaging and destructive to business. Workplace mediation is a process in which workers and employers are assisted to resolving a dispute by a trained, neutral, third-party mediator in a confidential, safe and voluntary environment. With a focus on pragmatism, flexibility and creativity, our workplace mediation service rates start at £1,250 plus VAT for a day and £600 plus VAT for a half day
Mediation profile:
James Hazel has a wealth of experience in civil and commercial dispute resolution across a wide range of sectors and legal disciplines.
James qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and has held various departmental headships in two regional law firms including Dispute Resolution, Employment and Corporate. He has a Masters in the Law of Employment Relations with distinction. In 2016, he left mainstream legal practice to become a business and employment consultant with In-House where he specializes in complex commercial and HR issues.
James is accredited by CEDR as a mediator, having undertaken both the general mediation skills course and a specialist course in workplace and employment mediation. He is also registered as an Associate Mediator with the Civil Mediation Council.
He has a breadth of experience in a number of different sectors including care, education, charity, health and property management and development.
James Hazel has a wealth of experience in civil and commercial dispute resolution across a wide range of sectors and legal disciplines.
James qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and has held various departmental headships in two regional law firms including Dispute Resolution, Employment and Corporate. He has a Masters in the Law of Employment Relations with distinction. In 2016, he left mainstream legal practice to become a business and employment consultant with In-House where he specializes in complex commercial and HR issues.
James is accredited by CEDR as a mediator, having undertaken both the general mediation skills course and a specialist course in workplace and employment mediation. He is also registered as an Associate Mediator with the Civil Mediation Council.
He has a breadth of experience in a number of different sectors including care, education, charity, health and property management and development.
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James has particular skill and experience in the following areas:
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Notable recent experience includes:
- Part of the team that secured what is believed to be the largest cost order ever awarded by the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) against a litigant in person and his representative
- Experience with vexatious litigants and Civil Restraint Orders
- Discrimination claim resolved at mediation on behalf of claimant for in excess of £120,000
- Complex worker status case following in the footsteps of the Uber decision
- Successful mediation between worker and employer involving five separate grievances spanning six years
- Advising on corporate restructure of national charity
- Multi-party workplace dispute for a global company involving multiple allegations and cross allegations including bullying, harassment, and race discrimination
- Professional negligence litigation involving cross-jurisdictional issues in Northern Ireland valued in excess of £1m, managing legal teams for claimant in both NI and UK
- Howard Jones v Tate [2011] ECWA Civ 1330; Successful Court of Appeal case involving post-completion obligations on a seller in a land transaction
- Multi-party fraud action in the High Court valued at £1m plus
- Complicated adverse possession claim involving property valued at over £800,000
- Dispute between landlord and tenants relating to a tower block including the removal of cladding and other fire safety works in excess of £1.5m
- Complicated service charge dispute in the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) involving over 270 items of dispute worth in excess of £700,000
- Complicated and urgent legal strategy advice for a charitable intermediary assisting the Black Lives Matters movement
- Inception of non-profit consortium including negotiation of grant worth in excess of £2m and potential TUPE transfer involving 1,000 plus staff across more than 20 different organisations
- Production of bespoke service level agreements between multiple parties as part of Lincolnshire’s COVID-19 vaccine programme
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