Judith Kelbie

"Judith has a very impressive settlement rate at mediation in seemingly intractable disputes and brings an abundance of skill to the process. She is able to put people at their ease whilst also robustly reality testing to explore common interests and risk."

Professional

Judith is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been mediating for 17 years.  She is a non-practicing Solicitor.  She trained with Stitt, Feld and Handy and ADR Chambers. Judith is always well prepared and has the patience and stamina to work with a wide range of people and organisations across the full spectrum of disputes.

She has also mediated a wide range of disputes including:

• Insurance and reinsurance
• Workplace and employment
• Professional negligence
• Inheritance 
• Property, neighbour and boundary disputes
• Occupational stress
• Partnership, shareholder and company disputes
• Civil and commercial litigation
• Legal costs
• Personal injury and clinical negligence
• Clergy/laity
• Education

Memberships

• Fellow of CIArb
• Civil Mediation Council
• Trust Mediation mediator

Education

Judith is a qualified electronic engineer and a non-practicing Solicitor. 

History

Judith trained as a mediator in 2004. She has mediated hundreds of seemingly intractable disputes. She is instructed in modest to multi million pound cases. She is particularly skilled in multi party mediations, the largest to date involving 26 participants. She mediates the full range of civil and commercial disputes.

Feedback

"Judith is passionate about mediation! She has an excellent grasp of both the papers, the legal issues and individual concerns. She was patient, encouraging and empathetic."

"Judith is able to quickly grasp technical matters whilst also managing deep emotion."

"As a believer of self-determination, Judith encouraged us to generate a sustainable and durable outcome that we owned."

"A master (or mistress) of mediation."

"As ever, Judith was a pleasure to work with. She has a firm grasp of the law and evidence but is also able to tap into clients to achieve exceptional results."

"Exactly what we needed to move forward."

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