Looking for positive and affordable outcomes to your dispute? Looking for Mediation in Exeter, Devon, the South West, England or the UK?
Mediation can be the answer
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Jon Curtis is a Registered and Qualified Mediator working in Alternative Dispute Resolution: Civil, Commercial, Workplace and Community Mediation, based in Exeter in the UK
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Are you looking for…
Fair treatment?
The opportunity for justice?
Maintaining privacy?
Preventing harsh judgments?
The freedom of choice?
A quick and long lasting resolution?
Mediation can help you achieve these things.
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I work in Exeter, Devon, and across the South West (including Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and further afield).
Recent mediations include: civil, commercial, workplace and community disputes. These included working relationship that required a reset. Additionally, a financial settlement relating to a divorce and attached business. Also an issue of noise between neighbours and a disagreement between neighbours about property. There have been several boundary disputes and communal space disputes. In addition, a disagreement about the protection of wildlife.
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Mediation is a process that can be beneficial. This is because it can help you to achieve a quick, positive and comparatively good value resolution that maintains your control and avoids harsh judgements
What can you expect?
A mediator is an independent facilitator who enables a process to help find resolution to disputes, without spiralling costs.
Every participant will speak to the Mediator at the beginning of the process. Before you agree to proceed, the process will be explained clearly to you, including various options of how and where you will engage with the process and the other participants.
The Participants and the Mediator will select the most suitable process to give your dispute the best chance of being resolved. Accordingly, you will always be asked about what you want to do, and how you want to do it.
Do I need a lawyer or solicitor?
If you have legal representation, your solicitor or lawyer will (with your agreement) approve mediation as a step you want to take. They can explain to you how the process works, but can also arrange a call with me to talk you through what will happen.
Equally, if you don’t have legal representation, and you choose to engage a mediator, you and all other participant groups can expect an initial phone call explaining how the process works and what mediation will look like for you. Once agreed, we will find a suitable time, and you will gather in a neutral space (in person, online or via a telephone call), where the mediator controls the conversation.
The mediator remains impartial throughout the process. All participants are treated equally.
What services do I provide?
I achieved Registered Mediator status in 2024, having graduated from Associate Mediator status. I trained with the London School of Mediation, and have a PhD from the University of Exeter. I have over 20 years of experience of problem solving, and supporting people and organisations to find solutions. Outside of mediation, my skills include policy writing, creating learning resources, the development of new organisations and consultancy around learning and development. I also have significant experience working with educational establishments, charities, churches, other faith organisations, heritage charities, foundations and businesses, further and higher education, and the live music industry.
How can Mediation happen?
Because mediation can take place in a number of different ways, there are multiple potential methods available. This can include an in-person meeting, within an online space with platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, via telephone conference, and across a number of rooms within a building. Correspondingly, I can either recommend locations or fit in with the wishes of participants. Furthermore, travel is possible, and I can work at short notice.
To find out more about the standards that I hold myself to as a mediator, please visit the Civil Mediation Council and World Mediators Alliance on Climate Change – Green Pledge websites.