Heather Allen – CEDR Chambers A professional mediator since 1995, CEDR Chambers' Heather Allen is ‘an exceptional mediator with a diverse skill set and a proven track record of successfully resolving a wide range of disputes’. Mediating over 400 claims to date, Allen has notable expertise in clinical negligence claims, as well as disputes concerning commercial contracts, and employment and inheritance issues. In a recent 18-month period, Allen was appointed for approximately 60 days’ mediation work. Recent experience includes a clinical negligence claim, which was brought by a woman whose obstetric anal sphincter injury was missed during childbirth.