Shaun Jardine

Approach

Shaun has been helping people resolve disputes through mediation since 2001, when he first became involved in community mediation on a pro bono basis dealing with neighbour disputes.

Shaun essentially brings experience to the table and mediates in an informal and relaxed manner. Shaun does not push the parties to meet with each other unless they wish to do so, and both agree. The parties control the process. He aims to be tough on the issues but soft on the parties and strives to push the parties towards a settlement.

Shaun has mediated numerous cases both as a solicitor acting for his own clients and as a commercial mediator resolving disputes between others.

He has  acted as mediator on a wide variety of cases including:

• Boundary & neighbour disputes
• Disputes in relation to Section 106 Agreements
• Landlord & Tenant disputes
• Inheritance Act /Will dispute claims
• Professional negligence claims accountants/surveyors & solicitors
• Building disputes
• Recovery of local authority care payments
• Mortgage shortfall claims
• Partnership disputes
• Contract disputes
• Property disputes
• Intellectual Property/ownership of software

Professional Experience

Shaun is an experienced Commercial Mediator  who was admitted as a Solicitor in 1986. Shaun is a former CEO and Partner of Brethertons LLP a large regional firm of solicitors . He retired from private practice in November 2021 and now acts as a consultant to law firms as well as pursuing his mediation practice .

Legal Career

• Admitted as a solicitor in 1986
• Head of Dispute Resolution- Brethertons LLP 1995-2014
• CEO -Brethertons LLP 2014-2019
• Commercial Director- Brethertons LLP 2019-2021

Endorsements

“Your style is very effective because it is conversational, relaxed and puts people at ease”
CEDR Accredited Mediator and Trainer- Observing a mediation.

“As a party I found your style very effective – direct, positive and deft”
(Litigant in person- commercial dispute) 

Extract from letter sent by a solicitor to the court
“I want to notify the Court how impressed I was with the service provided by Shaun Jardine and the professional and expert manner with which he dealt with the case…. the dispute between the parties was a very difficult one to resolve with a number of complicated allegations and concerns…Mr Jardine dealt with the case extremely professionally and brokered an acceptable agreement”.
Oxfordshire in-house Solicitor

“Well prepared, competent and business-like”.
Observer- Former Board Member of Civil Mediation Council

“The mediator could not have done anything better- performance rated 4/5”
Solicitor- Banking dispute

“Approachable yet able to deal directly with issues at the heart of the case. Mediator rated 5/5”
Oxfordshire Solicitor- building dispute

“I have only good things to say about your performance – I get the impression you had a pretty tough crowd yesterday, so I was very impressed that you managed to get a result”
Oxford Solicitor- Partnership dispute

“Rated 5/5.  Put us at ease and had a friendly and approachable manner. Got up to speed with facts and issues in dispute very quickly”
In-house lawyer – Contractual Dispute