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Emma Gooding

Emma became a CEDR accredited mediator in 2008, and specialises in civil & commercial disputes.  She is also a CEDR certified workplace mediator. Prior to becoming a full-time mediator, Emma worked as a commercial dispute resolution solicitor with Allen & Overy in London and with Herbert Smith in Hong Kong. She also taught commercial dispute resolution, mediation and mediation advocacy for a number of years at the University of Hong Kong, combining this with her mediation practice in Hong Kong. Emma has recently relocated back to the United Kingdom, where she is now mediating full-time.

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Emma Gooding
Profession

Profession

Full Time Mediator

Profession

Local Panel

South West

Profession

Specialist Panel

Business & Property

Specialist Panel

Membership Level

Elite

Emma's Experience

Bronze level fixed fees

 
Areas of Expertise
  • General civil and commercial cases
  • Breach of contract
  • Insurance
  • Property
  • Partnership and minority shareholder disputes
  • Private client and trust
  • Employment and workplace
  • Professional negligence
  • Financial services
  • Product liability
  • Defamation and media
Mediation Style

Emma is calm, creative and adaptable, using the mediation process flexibly to overcome any barriers to settlement and keep the parties on track. Facilitative and perceptive, she is nevertheless not afraid to ask difficult questions and challenge preconceptions. Her ability to build rapport and her excellent communication skills, combined with a tenacious and proactive approach, allow her to deal with high levels of conflict and entrenched positions, and to defuse difficult dynamics.  Clients have noted in particular her warm approach and ability to find a way forward, achieving settlement in cases where all parties had thought this would be impossible.

Emma’s international experience means she is adept at dealing with parties from a wide variety of backgrounds and business cultures. She is able quickly to get to the heart of a case, combining her legal abilities with her personal warmth and ability to build rapport with individual and corporate clients alike.  Her considerable experience as a lawyer representing parties to mediation has led to a deep understanding of the parties’ commercial interests and an ability to see all sides of the dispute. This, combined with careful preparation, allows for swift and effective progress to be made on the mediation day.

Qualifications
  • CEDR accredited mediator (2008) and CEDR certified workplace mediator (2019)
  • Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (1998) and Hong Kong (2002)
  • Post graduate diploma in Legal Practice (Distinction) College of Law, York (1995)
  • MA (Law) University of Cambridge, St John's College (1994)
History
  • 27 February 2024
    Property/Construction
    Outcome: Settled
  • 22 February 2023
    Encroachment Dispute
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 23 June 2022
    Defamation
    Outcome: Settled
  • 7 June 2022
    Neighbour Dispute
    Outcome: Adjourned
  • 29 March 2022
    Banking
    Outcome: Settled
  • 23 April 2021
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 9 April 2021
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 1 April 2021
    Minority shareholder
    Outcome: Settled
  • 19 March 2021
    Partnership dispute
    Outcome: Settled
  • 11 March 2021
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 5 March 2021
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 23 February 2021
    Civil - boundary
    Outcome: Settled
  • 17 February 2021
    Civil - contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 1 February 2021
    Employment
    Outcome: Settled
  • 28 January 2021
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 13 January 2021
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 9 December 2020
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 1 December 2020
    Contract
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 6 November 2020
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 22 October 2020
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 2 October 2020
    Civil - contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 16 September 2020
    Commercial
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 14 September 2020
    Trust/ inheritance
    Outcome: Settled after date
  • 11 September 2020
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 3 September 2020
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 28 July 2020
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 13 July 2020
    Commercial - breach of contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 8 July 2020
    Property - neighbour
    Outcome: Settled
  • 1 July 2020
    Commercial - breach of contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 29 June 2020
    Employment
    Outcome: Settled
  • 26 May 2020
    Employment
    Outcome: Settled
  • 14 May 2020
    Contract
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 17 March 2020
    Property - neighbour
    Outcome: Settled
  • 12 March 2020
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 25 February 2020
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 14 February 2020
    Partnership dispute
    Outcome: Settled
  • 11 February 2020
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 5 February 2020
    Inheritance dispute
    Outcome: Settled
  • 22 January 2020
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 13 January 2020
    Commercial - breach of contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 1 November 2019
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 29 October 2019
    Commercial - breach of contract
    Outcome: Partial Settlement
  • 17 October 2019
    Employment
    Outcome: Settled
  • 15 October 2019
    Commercial - property
    Outcome: Settled
  • 11 October 2019
    Workplace
    Outcome: Settled
  • 9 October 2019
    Civil - neighbour
    Outcome: Settled
  • 3 October 2019
    Property - neighbour
    Outcome: Settled
  • 30 September 2019
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 24 September 2019
    Civil - neighbour
    Outcome: Settled
  • 20 September 2019
    Property
    Outcome: Settled
  • 12 September 2019
    Partnership
    Outcome: Settled
  • 9 September 2019
    Commercial - breach of contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 11 July 2019
    Trust / inheritance
    Outcome: Settled
  • 2 July 2019
    Civil - breach of contract (education)
    Outcome: Settled
  • 28 June 2019
    Breach of commercial contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 24 June 2019
    Civil - construction
    Outcome: Settled
  • 6 June 2019
    Employment
    Outcome: Settled
  • 21 May 2019
    Inheritance dispute
    Outcome: Settled
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