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As a mediator, John Sturrock offers a facilitative approach, underpinned with rigorous preparation and analysis. Adept at working with people at every level, he is respected for his ability to cut to the heart of issues while helping the parties to work through issues at their pace and with a sense of responsibility for making choices and for the outcome, often ensuring that the final deal is done by the principals. Sturrock works creatively with the mediation process, being willing to try new approaches and seeking always to create a collaborative environment.
Sturrock has around 200 mediations under his belt, most of which have taken place over the past three to four years, with a diverse subject matter in the private and public sectors, and clients from the UK, Ireland, USA, Australia, Holland and elsewhere.
Mediations include banking, financial services, building and construction, commercial contracts, corporate, IP and IT, procurement, property development, acquisition of businesses, oil and gas, environment, higher and secondary education, fund management, legal services, health services and other professional issues, senior level management, boardroom and partnership disputes, farming and other family businesses; sports governing bodies; major charities and multi-party employment issues.
Many of these matters have raised complex issues, some have involved multiple parties, most have resolved in a day. The value of claims has ranged from tens of thousands of pounds to hundreds of millions. In a number of instances, Sturrock has designed processes to enable discussion and resolution over a period of time.
Sturrock has been a pioneer in taking mediation into non-litigious areas, and a major involvement has been an initiative with the Scottish Government to introduce mediation at various stages in the development planning process
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Defamation |
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Intellectual property rights |
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Landlord/Tenant |
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Patents |
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Products Liability |
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Professional Malpractice |
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Real Estate |
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Representational Legal Practice |
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Rights of Way, boundaries and Adverse Possession |
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Shareholder disputes |
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IAM Member since
2009
Background
John Sturrock QC is recognised as the leading commercial mediator in Scotland, with a practice which extends to London, Dublin and mainland Europe. He is mediator of choice in major commercial, business and other sensitive or complex disputes or senior management level differences. Since leaving active practice at the Scottish Bar in 2002, John Sturrock has pursued a full-time career in mediation, being instrumental in the development of mediation in Scotland in commerce and industry, the professions, the public sector and a wide range of organisations.
He has been described in Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession (where he is listed in Band 1 of Best of the UK Mediators) as a "trailblazer" and "a wonderful communicator with much experience of complex commercial issues". In the art of shuttle diplomacy, he is virtually unmatched. Legal 500 has described John Sturrock as "universally regarded as Scotland's finest mediator, with a reputation which compares favourably with mediators anywhere." Undertaking mediations across of a wide spectrum of practice areas, he moves to achieve settlement with a combination of humour, tact and sheer drive .
As founder and CEO of Core Solutions Group, Sturrock has blazed the trail for mediation in Scotland, and has established Core as the pre-eminent provider of mediation services in Scotland. Sturrock also leads highly regarded mediation, conflict management and negotiation courses which have established Core as a key provider in this field, working with many top companies and organisations throughout the UK both in house and in open courses. Sturrock has led training in many locations including London, Dublin, Barcelona and Berlin, as well as throughout Scotland.
He has been a member of the CEDR Training Faculty since 1999. An internationally-recognised mediation trainer and coach, he has been described as "one of the best teachers of mediation". Sturrock also specialises in training for high profile sports leaders, including with UK Sport, and works with various parliamentary bodies throughout the UK (including the Scottish Parliament and the London Assembly) in a coaching capacity in specialist questioning techniques and preparation strategies.
He is a member of UK-wide Sport Resolutions Panel of Mediators and of Standards Commission of the International Mediation Institute.
Sturrock has contributed numerous articles to specialist journals and the national press on mediation, conflict management and other topics.
Director of Training and Education, Faculty of Advocates, 1994 to 2002: responsible for design, development and delivery of award-winning
advocacy and related training courses for the Scottish Bar
Visiting Professor of Advocacy Skills and Conflict Resolution at The Glasgow Graduate School of Law, 1999 to date
Member of Judicial Studies Committee in Scotland, 1997 to 2004: responsible for design and leadership of judicial training courses
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts
Specialist of the Year, Inaugural Scottish Legal Awards February 2003
Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, 2009
Education/Training
LLB Honours (First Class), University of Edinburgh 1980
LLM University of Pennsylvania, 1985
Admited to the Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Bar) 1986
Trained in Negotiation at Harvard University 1996
CEDR accredited as mediator 1996; CEDR Training Faculty Member since 1999
Fees
always discussed with parties according to circumstances of the matter being mediated
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