Dispute resolution
I have more than 30 years’ experience as an expert witness, adviser and determiner of disputes in a range of commercial and regulatory environments. In 2009, I qualified as a mediator.
Expert determination and tribunals
Simon is alert to the “people” issues as well as intellectual ones. He looks for reasons why a situation has arisen. Nigel Macdonald, Coca-Cola Hellenic
- Former member of the Financial Reporting Council’s Tribunal Panel and the Institute of Actuaries Disciplinary Tribunal
- Former member of Nominet’s Panel of Experts determining disputes over .uk domain names
- Expert determiner for a dispute between the trustees of two merged pension schemes
Example mediations
It was what it said on the label … professional and above all successful.
Mediation Client
- Negligence claim against a financial professional, complicated by the fact that the amount claimed was in excess of the PI cover in place
- Breakdown in relationship between management consultant and public sector client: the case was settled by finding a way to enable the client to derive additional value from the work done prior to the dispute
- Dispute between online retailer and search engine consultant
Expert financial analysis
Simon is razor sharp and ruthlessly logical.
Dawid Konotey-Ahulu, Redington Investment
- Enabling a bank to reduce its losses on a portfolio of leases by identifying alternative negotiating positions
- Developing financial models for the analysis of equity release mortgages and investment mis-selling
- Quantifying the losses suffered by participants in an investment fund whose shares had been mis-priced
Dispute resolution background
I led the UK forensic accounting practice at Ernst & Young and subsequently at an international firm of economic consultants. I have served three terms as a member of the Institute of Actuaries’ disciplinary tribunal and two terms on the Financial Reporting Council’s tribunal. I also served two terms as a member of Nominet’s (domain registrar) panel for determining disputes over domain names. More recently, I was a panel member with Cambridge Mediators for general commercial mediation, as well as a couple of pro bono providers, LawWorks and Wandsworth Mediation Service.
I have also experienced the High Court from the litigant’s perspective, in a David-and-Goliath dispute as chairman of a not-for-profit company suing a multi-billion pound, multi-national corporation.