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As the founder and CEO of the Core Solutions Group, John has pioneered mediation and high quality training in business, the professions and commerce in Scotland and elsewhere. Described in Legal 500 as "universally regarded as Scotland's finest mediator" and in Band 1 in Best of the UK in Chambers Guide, John has been involved in a broad range of disputes in the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad.
He is an internationally recognised coach and facilitator in the fields of negotiation, mediation and communication, and has worked with senior executives, judges, top athletes and parliamentarians.
He is described as "one of the best teachers of mediation". He became a Queen's Counsel in 1999, is a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University and, as the first Director of Training and Education in the Faculty of Advocates from 1994 to 2002, designed and led the Scottish Bar's award-winning advocacy skills programme.
He is a faculty member with CEDR and trained in negotiation at Harvard University. He was named Specialist of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in 2003 and Mediator of the Year at the Law Awards of Scotland 2009. |
