Meet The Team
Our Expert Panel of Mediators
CADR's panel offers an unrivalled choice of experts drawn from the retired Judiciary, King's Counsel, the Junior Bar, Solicitors and Costs Lawyers. Several members of the panel are also mediators who have been approved for appointment to carry out costs mediations involving National Health Service Resolution (NHSR).
Ex Judiciary
Retired judges and masters with extensive costs experience
Peter Hurst
Peter Hurst LLB MPhil FCIArb was the Senior Costs Judge of England & Wales at the Royal Courts of Justice from 1992 to 2014, author of Civil Costs and Criminal Costs.
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was a Costs Judge at the Royal Courts of Justice from 1996 to 2015, also a Costs Officer of the UK Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from 2010 to 2015.
Victoria McCloud
Master Victoria McCloud served as a Master of the King's Bench Division from 2010 to 2024, earning distinction as the youngest Master ever appointed.
Mark Gosnell
Mark Gosnell served as a Senior Circuit Judge and Designated Civil Judge for Leeds and North Yorkshire, with section 9 authorisation to sit as a High Court Judge.
Peter Haworth
Peter Haworth was a Costs Judge at the Senior Court Costs Office from 2006 to 2020, with responsibility for Court of Protection costs for 14 years.
The Bar
King's Counsel and junior barristers specialising in costs law
Simon Browne QC
Simon Browne QC heads the field at the Costs Bar, leading counsel in the landmark Mitchell v News Group case, and sits on the Civil Justice Council on costs matters at the invitation of the Master of the Rolls.
Benjamin Williams QC
Benjamin Williams QC is ranked as a first-tier costs silk by both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500, having appeared in most of the leading costs cases of the last 20 years.
Roger Mallalieu QC
Roger Mallalieu QC is ranked as one of the leading juniors in costs law and has been described as 'simply the best when it comes to costs law.'
Nicholas Bacon QC
Nicholas Bacon is a leading silk in his specialised field of costs, appearing in practically all of the most important costs and funding cases in recent years.
Shaman Kapoor
Shaman Kapoor is ranked as a leading junior in costs, with expertise covering commercial and common law. He sits as a Deputy District Judge.
Richard Wilkinson
Richard Wilkinson is recommended by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in costs and personal injury, and serves as editor of the Judicial College Guidelines on General Damages.
James Laughland
James Laughland (Call: 1991) is an experienced costs practitioner identified as a leading junior for costs in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 since 2007.
Erica Bedford
Erica Bedford has practiced exclusively in the law of costs since 2003 and is consistently recommended in Chambers and Partners (Band 2) and Legal 500 (Band 1).
Tim Chelmick
Tim Chelmick specialises in commercial disputes with particular emphasis on international arbitration, construction and professional liability, recommended in the Legal 500.
Rupert Cohen
Rupert Cohen is a barrister and mediator ranked in Chambers & Partners Band 2 for Costs Litigation, listed in Who's Who Legal: UK Bar for Mediation.
Jonathan Dingle
Jonathan Dingle is a leading barrister, mediator and internationally-experienced arbitrator with over 1,200 ADR cases, named Insurance Mediator of the Year 2009/10 and 2016/17.
Paul Hughes
Paul Hughes is a successful and seasoned costs practitioner ranked in Chambers UK Band One since 2008, one of only three barristers qualified as a Costs Lawyer.
Steve Innes
Stephen Innes (2000 call) is a barrister at 4 New Square specialising in professional liability and costs, described in the Legal 500 as 'extremely good on paper and very user friendly'.
PJ Kirby QC
PJ Kirby QC took silk in 2013, sits as Deputy District Judge in the London courts, and is an accredited mediator with the ADR Group.
Kevin Latham
Kevin Latham is ranked in Chambers & Partners UK for Costs Litigation, described as 'extremely knowledgeable, professional and thorough' with 'excellent client care skills'.
Robert Marven QC
Robert Marven QC is a specialist in all areas of costs law, ranked as a leading Costs silk by both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.
Andrew McGee
Andrew McGee has been a member of the Kings Chambers Costs Team since 2004, with extensive experience in over 100 Detailed Assessments and as a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Shail Patel
Shail Patel is named a 'Leading Junior' in Legal 500 for professional negligence and costs, praised for being 'always right on top of the detail' and 'incredibly user friendly'.
Craig Ralph
Craig Ralph is a true costs specialist who has practised exclusively in all aspects of costs and litigation funding since 2005, with expertise in demand in contentious and non-contentious costs issues.
Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith is ranked in Chambers & Partners Band 2 Northern for Costs Litigation, praised for his analytical skills and ability to react effectively to developing scenarios.
Experts
Solicitors and Costs Lawyers with specialist expertise
Rob Carter
Rob Carter brings over 20 years experience in civil litigation, including sitting as a costs assessor in the High Court.
Paul Bennett
Paul Bennett was the elected Chairman of the Law Society's Small Firms Division in 2015 and specialises in the law relating to the provision of legal services, solicitors, barristers and other professionals.
Adam Burrell
Adam Burrell is a partner at a leading UK and Ireland law firm with 15 years specialising in costs litigation, appointed as a Solicitor-Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience in 2011.
Greg Cox
Greg Cox brings an extensive and unique set of skills as a costs expert, High Court Assessor, mediator since 2007, practising solicitor, advocate and former CEO of a national law firm.
Sam Hayman
Samuel Hayman is an Accredited Mediator and Partner at Bolt Burdon Kemp, responsible for many of the leading reported costs cases of the last few years.
Ged Courtney
Ged Courtney is Senior Costs Manager at Mills & Reeve LLP and a qualified mediator with extensive experience in Solicitors Act 1974 disputes between solicitors and clients.
Keith Levene
Keith Levene is a Costs Lawyer and head of Pinsent Masons law costs team, with over thirty years' experience in commercial disputes and related legal costs, accredited as a Mediator with CEDR.
Rick Munro
Rick Munro heads up Sentio Costs with over 25 years' experience in commercial disputes and related legal costs and 15 years' experience as an accredited mediator.
Lee Whitehead
Lee Whitehead is a fully qualified and accredited civil/commercial and workplace mediator with over 20 years in the legal costs industry, and a member of the Professional Mediators Association.
Avi Dolties
Avi Dolties is a CMC accredited mediator and solicitor-advocate with over 10 years of dispute resolution experience, praised for combining perseverance with subtle intervention and creative flair.
Costs Lawyers
Specialist costs lawyers and practitioners
Nicholas Lee
Nicholas Lee is an experienced Costs Lawyer focused on complex and high-value litigation, and the founder of Paragon Costs Solutions with offices in London and Bristol.
Maria Barker
Maria Barker qualified as a Costs Lawyer in 2007 with Higher Rights of Audience, and established her own successful Costs Recovery Company, well recognised by Judges in the South West Court System.
Alison Speight
Alison Speight is a Costs Lawyer and Managing Director of a well-established Legal Costs Practice with over 25 years' experience, an Accredited Mediator having qualified with the London School of Mediation.
Andrew Tomas
Andrew Tomas was amongst the first Costs Lawyers to achieve regulated status in 2007 with over 25 years' experience, having appeared at all levels from County Courts to the House of Lords.
John Ivory
John Ivory qualified as one of the first Costs Lawyers with rights of audience in 2007, an experienced advocate having represented clients in House of Lords, Privy Council and SCCO proceedings.
Jon Lord
Jon Lord has over 20 years' experience in all areas of civil costs, highly regarded by his peers with experience evenly balanced across paying party and receiving party instructions.
Nick McDonnell
Nick McDonnell is a Director with Kain Knight and a Costs Lawyer who graduated from Cambridge University, a well-respected expert conducting high value and complex costs matters.
Donal Moran
Donal Moran is a senior costs lawyer and accredited facilitative & evaluative costs mediator with over 24 years working exclusively in civil legal costs.
Lucy Baldwin
Lucy Baldwin has worked in costs since 2008, primarily undertaking commercial litigation, professional negligence, and banking and finance work, with a guest speaker at Bristol Law Society conferences.
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