Anthony Kennedy
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Areas of expertise
I have, by advising on contractual and commercial disputes in the recent past, gained experience of those subject areas. Indeed, having previously belonged to a set of chambers specialising in commercial chancery work, I am au fait with both high powered commercial contractual disputes and basic contractual disputes and legal wrangling over the validity of wills/letters of probate.
I also have wide-ranging subject knowledge of disputes which have a European and African cross-border element to them (I am Module Leader for Commercial Dispute Resolution at my present institution and have co-authored a book – publication of which is expected in January 2018 – about private international law in Anglophone African jurisdictions).
Languages
English
Professional Memberships
I have, since mid-2017, been an ADR-ODR International Limited Accredited mediator.
Professional Experience
As noted above, I acquired experience of mediation while at Serle Court chambers (which I have now left, though would like to rejoin as an academic associate tenant). Currently, I am in charge of the Resolution of Disputes Out of Court module on the Bar Professional Training Course at BPP Law School, which means that I have oversight of the way in which we teach, inter alia, arbitration, mediation and negotiation.
Style & Approach
In my view, the costs which parties will inevitably accrue if they decide to have the dispute between them determined by a judge at trial are astronomically high. Accordingly, where parties wish to use mediation, I believe that they should be given a high quality service, where I ensure, through frank dialogue, that they have thought truly about the legal and pragmatic consequences of taking their dispute all the way to its conclusion. In short, therefore, I offer fair and practical help to parties to find common ground and a solution which both can accept, with a view to getting on with their lives free of conflict in the immediate future.
