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Gary Webber
 Gary Webber is an independent mediator (accredited by the ADR Group). He is trained both as a commercial and civil mediator and as a family mediator.
Mediation experience
Gary has extensive experience, both as a barrister and as a mediator, in landlord and tenant disputes (commercial and residential) and disputes involving boundaries, rights of way and other easements, restrictive covenants, property joint ventures, co-ownership and other areas of property law. He also has experience as a mediator in family disputes.
Mediation style
Gary's style is relaxed, friendly and empathetic. He listens carefully so as to understand what the parties really want and to extract those interests from the various matters that get encrusted onto disputes. He focuses on solutions and steers the parties in that direction from a very early stage in the mediation. He is exceedingly patient but will speak plainly when required. His background in property law allows him quickly to grasp any technical issues, to suggest possible solutions and to help with the practical matters that arise during drafting. Except in limited circumstances he is not the sort of mediator who goes on late into the night.
Professional background
Gary was a practising barrister for 22 years specialising in property law. For the last five years he has practised as a mediator and run training courses in various areas of property law. He is the author of Business Premises: Possession and Lease Renewal, 3ed (Sweet & Maxwell) and co-author of Residential Possession Proceedings, 8ed (Sweet & Maxwell). He is frequently asked to speak at conferences, writes regularly for legal journals, is on the editorial board of the Landlord and Tenant Review and the White Book and sits as a Deputy District Judge. He also maintains this website.
Some comments from clients"Gary is a first rate mediator. I choose him time and time again as he is effective, enthusiastic and popular with clients. Should the parties approach a stalemate, he will always search hard for a fresh, creative approach to finding a solution." (Jane Senior, Wright Hassall)
"Gary Webber has a very relaxed mediation style which quickly wins the confidence of parties and allows him to craft solutions to their problems that they might not have thought of themselves." (Tim Russ, Clarke Willmott)
"In a very acrimonious and lengthy boundary dispute Gary provided a measured and down to earth approach whilst empathising with the clients and ultimately securing a settlement". (Alison Paton, Horsey Lightly)
"I found Gary’s approach as a mediator to be very direct which enabled the parties to focus on the objective of the mediation very early on. At some mediations that I have been to you spend the first three of fours hours getting nowhere but with Gary we felt that progress was being made at every stage. Although we did not settle the dispute that day it was only a matter of days later that a settlement was agreed and Gary’s assistance was much appreciated." (Andrew Robins, Kyriakides & Braier).
"Gary was extremely patient and thorough, and enabled us to reach a sound business settlement that all the parties were very happy with." (Michael Large, Thomas Eggar LLP)
Contact details
Gary is based in Bath but mediates everywhere in the country.
Suite 146, 3 Edgar Buildings, George Street, Bath BA1 2FJ
Tel: 01225 471595
Fax: 01225 471809
E-mail: gw@propertylawuk.net
Personal website: www.garywebber.co.uk
For an article in which Gary Webber shares his tips on how a representative of a party at a mediation can help the mediator help the client see "Making the most of mediation"
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