
A very experienced commercial, work place and employment mediator with specialist knowledge of all aspects of the construction industry. Extensive experience gained in mediating construction, land, professional negligence, workplace and employment disputes. Particularly interested and experienced in combining mediation with other means of dispute resolution including adjudication and expert determination.
Founder and Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership, a private practice specialising in the provision of quantity surveying, project management and dispute resolution services to the construction industry. Currently engaged fully as adjudicator, mediator and expert witness.
MEDIATION STYLE & EXPERIENCE
Since registration in 2001, in excess of 80 mediations completed in the UK with an extremely high rate of party settlement including multi-party, multi-issue disputes. Trained in London, Rome and the USA, this mediator describes his mediation style as being totally committed, robust and realistic; adopting an evaluative approach where a facilitative approach to the mediation is likely to result in a failure to settle. Vinden is trained in hostage negotiation and is comfortable in high pressure disputes where extreme conversations and negotations are the norm.
SPECIFIC MEDIATION TRAINING:
IDRS Globis Workplace/Employment 2010 Harvard Law School - Mediation for Attorneys 2007 MATA Advanced mediator training 2002
CEDR Advanced negotiation/mediation training 2000
CEDR Fast track mediator training 1999
PANEL LISTINGS
Clerksroom, CEDRSolve, ADR Group, RICS England and Wales, TecSA, CIArb, RICS Scotland, Consensus, Northern Association of Mediators, Federation of Master Builders, Northwest Mediation Solutions, CCG
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING:
Chartered Quantity Surveyor FRICS Chartered Builder FCIOB Chartered Engineer FInstCES Registered Adjudicator Registered Mediator Registered Arbitrator MCIArb Registered Conciliator Registered Expert
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| Date | Nature of dispute | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 14 April 2011 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 23 March 2011 | Domestic Boundary Dispute | Settled |
| 15 February 2011 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 25 January 2011 | Contract Misrepresentation | Settled |
| 13 December 2010 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 6 December 2010 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 30 November 2010 | Professional Negligence | Did Not Settle |
| 18 November 2010 | Shareholder | Did Not Settle |
| 16 November 2010 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 15 October 2010 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 8 October 2010 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 5 October 2010 | Engineering Contract | Settled |
| 30 September 2010 | Property & Construction | Partial Settlement |
| 20 September 2010 | Property & Construction | Did Not Settle |
| 7 September 2010 | Commercial | Did Not Settle |
| 10 June 2010 | Property & Construction | Adjourned |
| 14 May 2010 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 11 May 2010 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 11 February 2010 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 22 December 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 7 December 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 4 December 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 17 September 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 27 August 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 20 August 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 17 August 2009 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 22 April 2009 | Professional Negligence | Partial Settlement |
| 19 March 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 10 March 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 6 March 2009 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 9 January 2009 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 8 October 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 3 October 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 6 August 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 5 August 2008 | Commercial | Settled |
| 17 July 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 19 June 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 5 June 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 29 May 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 13 March 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 1 February 2008 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 23 July 2007 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 13 July 2007 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 4 June 2007 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 11 May 2007 | Employment | Settled |
| 16 April 2007 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 12 January 2007 | Boundary Dispute | Settled |
| 13 December 2006 | Land | Settled |
| 12 December 2006 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 7 December 2006 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 7 November 2006 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 6 July 2006 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 30 November 2005 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 2 November 2005 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 6 October 2005 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 5 May 2005 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 16 March 2005 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 8 February 2005 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 12 November 2004 | Employment | Settled |
| 19 October 2004 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 19 October 2004 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 18 August 2004 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 9 August 2004 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 23 July 2004 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 22 June 2004 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 28 April 2004 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 22 April 2004 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 18 November 2003 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 13 November 2003 | Land Ownership | Settled |
| 21 August 2003 | Employment | Settled |
| 10 June 2003 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 21 May 2003 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 20 May 2003 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 5 May 2003 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 15 April 2003 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 2 December 2002 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 22 September 2002 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 24 May 2002 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 12 April 2002 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 19 March 2002 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 30 January 2002 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 28 September 2001 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 24 September 2001 | Professional Negligence | Settled |
| 23 July 2001 | Employment | Settled |
| 18 June 2001 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 15 March 2001 | Property & Construction | Settled |
| 24 January 2001 | Property & Construction | Settled |
Insurance Provider:
Aviva Insurance Limited
Certificate Status:
Certificate on file
Expiry Date:
19 September 2012
Level of Cover:
5000000
Mediation Training Provider:
CEDR, MATA, Harvard Law School, Globis/IDRC
Date Qualified as Mediator:
1 January 2001
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