Paul Millett LL.B MCIArb
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Areas of expertise
I was a corporate and commercial solicitor for over 30 years and led on a variety of transactions, in particular in the retail and leisure industries. I was a partner in a Top 60 law firm and for the last 11 of them was its managing partner. I have gained considerable legal and management experience as a result and draw on both when I am mediating.
My mediation experience includes:
- a dispute between a restaurant and a neighbour in connection with a fire started in the restaurant
-partnership disputes
-shareholder disputes
-disputes between employers and employees
-warranty and indemnity claims amongst business buyers and sellers
-professional negligence claims
-contract disputes including under PFI
-Inheritance ( Provision for Family and Dependents) Act claims
-taxation related disputes
-regulatory related claims
Languages
English
Professional Memberships
CEDR qualified mediator 2013
Member of the chartered institute of arbitrators
Member of the association of partnership practitioners
CEDR ADR Official
Professional Experience
Qualified as a solicitor in 1986
Managing partner Finers Stephens Innocent/Howard Kennedy from 2006 to 2017
Style & Approach
I have been both a lawyer and a business manager. Having led transactions as well as having been at mediations for a party I know that being overly legalistic will get in the way of a deal. I will look first at the commercial issues that keep the parties apart and test them using both my business and legal experience. I am known for taking a pragmatic approach to seemingly intractable problems. I work in a calm and relaxed manner but keep a firm and effective grip on the issues that need tackling. I keep in mind that the objective of the mediation is for the parties to reach agreement and avoid expensive and stressful litigation.
