Paul Houghton Mediation

Examples of Cases Mediated

Over the last five years, I have mediated disputes with a combined claim value of over £82m. Settlement rates have been in excess of 85% during that period. The claims remain very varied in terms of subject matter.

The examples given in the following dropdown menus reflect the types of cases that I have mediated over the last 10 years. I have mediated many more cases than shown here and have dealt with many other types of case since I qualified as a mediator in 1994, but space on the site makes it difficult to include them all. Please ring me to discuss any particular requirements in relation to a proposed mediation.

Agency
  • Advertising Agencies
    • Product placement in brochures
  • Commission Claims
    • Company sales
    • Fine art dealers
    • Property sale introductions
  • National agency agreements
    • Terminations
Charities/Not-For-Profit Organisations
  • Housing Associations
  • Property Charities
    • Senior official termination
Churches
  • Access rights to land
  • Property disputes
Clubs
  • Exclusion of members
Commercial contracts
  • Agriculture
    • Consultancy contracts
    • Defective growing media
    • Defective pipelines
    • Defective plant
    • Fitness for purpose of feed products
    • Foot and mouth outbreak claims
    • Third party customer losses
  • Estate Agency
    • Acquisition contracts
  • Foodstuffs
    • Fitness for purpose of fish products
    • Food packaging contamination
    • Stock and supply software
  • Franchising
    • Supply and costs
  • Haulage industry
    • Multi party contracts
  • IT
    • App development
    • Design and supply of hardware and software
    • Online supply of e-credits
    • Warranty of computer components
  • Motor traders
    • Dealership sales and acquisition
    • Car dealership cleaning contracts
    • Commercial van hire contracts
    • Motor vehicle supply contracts
  • Supply of equipment
    • Bespoke/premium furniture
    • Commercial banking equipment
    • Defective seating
    • Kitchen supplies to national retailer
    • Laser equipment to health care company
    • Lift maintenance contracts
    • NHS contracts
  • Supply of Goods and Services
    • Price variations
    • Printing contracts
    • NHS contracts
    • Termination of contracts
    • Training contracts
    • UK government agencies
  • General
    • Commission disputes
Companies
  • Directors
    • Death in service benefits
    • Fraud
    • Personal guarantees
    • Service agreements
    • Severance payments
    • Termination payments
  • Inter shareholder disputes
    • Death of shareholder
    • Family company succession agreements
    • Transfers from partnership to limited liability company
  • MBOs
    • Earn outs
  • s459/994
    • Exclusion of shareholders from management
    • Petitions
    • Insolvency
    • Director dishonesty
Construction contracts
  • Contract management
  • Design and Build contracts
  • Property development
  • Remuneration of professional advisers
  • Consultancy contracts
  • Housebuilder/purchaser disputes
  • Inter-professional disputes
  • Main contractor/professional disputes
  • Final account disputes
Design / Licensing
  • Licensing 3rd party use of historic design work
Employment
  • Disciplinary proceedings
    • Pre-dismissal
  • Restrictive covenants
    • Breach
  • Sex discrimination
  • Sexual harassment
  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Directors Service Agreements
  • Unfair dismissal
Engineering
  • Shipbuilding, Yacht building, Aircraft components, Motor Vehicle components, rail rolling stock, piling, scientific instrumentation
  • Defective manufacture
  • Design and supply contract disputes
  • Design issues
Environment
  • Claims stemming from the causes of environments damage and the costs of clean up/remediation
Family
  • Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 claims
  • Relationship breakdown
    • Management of family company following divorce
    • Property and business disputes following divorce/relationship breakdown
Finance Companies
  • Lender repossession actions (multi-party)
  • Tracing/recovery claims
  • Inter finance company disputes
Fraud
  • Conveyancing fraud
  • Directors
    • Costs liability
  • Supply Contracts
    • Fraudulent dealings of suppliers
Healthcare
  • Agency nursing contracts
  • Equipment supply contracts
  • Management consultancy
Insolvency
  • Bankruptcy
  • Corporate insolvency
    • Liquidators’ claims
    • Trustees’ in bankruptcy claims
    • Administrators’ claims
    • Asset disputes
    • Alleged Misfeasance of Directors
  • Factoring arrangements
    • Alleged Misfeasance of Directors
Insurance
  • Buildings insurance
    • Indemnification for structural collapses
  • Fire insurance
    • Professional negligence of brokers
  • Health insurance
    • Cessation of payments
  • Personal injury insurance
    • Refusal of cover
  • Commercial insurance Claims
    • Fire claims
    • Crane collapses
  • Insurance company/solicitor disputes
    • ATE disputes
Intellectual property
  • Copyright
    • Infringement and breach of covenants
  • Design rights
    • Infringments
IT
  • Framework Agreement Disputes
  • Contracts for the Provision of Mobiles and Broadband
Loans
  • Repossession
    • Personal Guarantees
    • Residential and commercial properties
Local authorities
  • Supply of services
    • Supply of architectural services
Partnerships
  • Joint ventures
  • Limited liability companies
    • Transfers
  • Property ownership
    • Ascertainment of property rights
    • Relationship breakdown
  • Termination disputes
    • Medical practices
    • Property development practices
    • Solicitors’ practices
  • Farming Partnerships
Pensions
  • Trustees
    • Distribution of scheme
    • Investment advice
  • General
    • Erroneous payments
    • Payment disputes
Personal injury
  • Quadriplegia, Permanent Disability
  • High-profile sports injury
  • Causation disputes
  • Quantum disputes
Professional negligence
  • Accountants, Architects, IFA’s, Solicitors, Surveyors, Consultants, Designers
    • Accountants
    • Advice to family company
    • Advice to property development company
    • Architects
    • Consultancy
    • Contract administrator
    • Brokers
    • Insurance brokers
    • Surveyors
    • Valuation issues
    • Failure to spot structural issues/defects
    • Town Planners
Solicitors
  • Failures to act
  • Negligent advice
  • Missed limitation
  • Lender claims
  • Partnership issues
  • Partnership deed disputes
Property
  • Damage to property
    • Neighbouring building works
    • Tree roots
  • Housing associations
    • Tenancy disputes
  • Leaseholds
    • Terms and termination of leases
    • Residential leases
    • Commercial leases
    • Termination and dilapidations
  • Managing agents
    • Disputes with property owners
  • Property development
    • Contract disputes
    • Overage agreements
    • Overseas investment projects
  • Sale
    • Residential property retention provisions
  • General
    • Rights-of-way disputes
    • Neighbour disputes
    • Overage agreements
    • Statutory declarations
Security documentation
  • Finance company claims
  • Personal guarantees
Sports
  • Football
    • Premiership player transfer contracts
    • Premiership manager contracts
    • Personal injury claim (arising out of dangerous tackle)
  • Cricket
    • Player disputes
  • Disputes involving sailing and motorsports
Trusts
  • Property trusts
  • Family trusts
  • Corporate trusts
  • Breach of trust disputes
  • TOLATA Claims
Wills and Probate
  • Disputes over capacity
  • Drafting of wills
  • Negligence of solicitors
  • Estates
  • Disputes over Distribution of estate between
    • Beneficiaries generally
    • Siblings
    • Cohabitee and children
    • Stepmother and stepchildren
  • Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 claims
  • TOLATA claims