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stephen walker

stephen walker

Work Department

Mediator

Position

Mediator

Career

I am now a full time civil and commercial mediator. I have been appointed as lead mediator in over 900 mediations, including over 250 online mediations.

I am accredited in both the US and the UK and and on the IMI panel.

From 2013-2021 I lectured on mediation on the Masters in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at Kings London.

I have written 7 books on mediation.

Advising and Representing Clients at Mediation- Wildy

Mediation Advocacy-Bloomsbury

Setting Up In Business as `a Mediator-Bloomsbury

A-Z of Mediation- Bloomsbury

FAQs for Mediator- Bloomsbury

Mediation Behaviour.- Bloomsbury

Digital Mediation-Bloomsbury to be published October 2023

Please see my cv on swalkermediation.com for more details.

I have mediated a wide range of disputes but more recently have concentrated on insolvency, professional negligence,  contested probate and IT.

Until 2012 I was a commercial litigation partner in the City specialising in insurance, reinsurance, insolvency and the London art market.

Languages

English

Memberships

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Law Society of England and Wales

Civil Mediation  Council

ADR Group

Education

I have an MA from Oxford University where I read History in 1971.

Personal

I am married with three children and two grandchildren.

I was born and brought up in Old Trafford and support Manchester United.

Leisure

I am the editor of the Anthony Powell Society's Newsletter Journal.

I love tennis and used to enjoy skiing and football.

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