Our Team
The Honourable
Barry Leon
FCIArb, MBA, LL.B.
Barry is an independent arbitrator, mediator and dispute-resolution specialist.
He was the Presiding Judge of the BVI Commercial Court (2015 - 2018).
Barry is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and an International Mediation Institute (IMI) Certified Mediator.
With disputes experience in numerous industries, Barry has arbitrated, mediated, and judged, as well as acted as counsel, in a wide range of types of disputes.
Mark Wyeth K.C.
B.A. (Hons), LL.M. (Comm. Law)
MCI (Arb)
Mark brings to his work at Wyeth Thomas Mediation and as an ADR-accredited mediator, many years of handling and resolving disputes in such diverse domestic and international fields as construction, music and film publishing and production, chartered body regulation and corporate governance.
ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Sarah Rogers
CEDR Accredited Mediator, Solicitor
Sarah is an experienced CEDR Accredited Mediator, Volunteer Mediator at Queens Award Winning service Mediation Hertfordshire, and a working member of the Civil Mediation Council’s Peer Mediation Group.
She is qualified to train and roll out Peer Mediation schemes in Schools, and is trained in ‘Trauma Informed’ Mediations. Sarah is a Solicitor and former In House Counsel of a major PLC with a wealth of dispute resolution experience.
Mark Manley
CEDR Accredited Mediator
Mark became an accredited mediator with ADR in 1999 and CEDR in 2000. He has mediated over 1000 cases in the UK, US, Germany, Dubai and Gibraltar. He is recognised in the various legal directors with several law firms identifying him as their “go to” mediator known for his abilities to bring parties to settlement.
David Brock
Barrister
David has nearly 40 years of experience covering common law; family and criminal; and undertaking advocacy at all levels, including the Privy Council. He specialises in mediation and civil and criminal cases. He has been a Recorder/part-time Judge since 2002. David was called to the British Virgin Islands Bar where he practised in 2018.
Thorough in preparation, persuasive in delivery, and determined, David has proven to achieve the right outcome for his clients.
SCMA/Goodman Walker Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator 2014.
Nicholas Cotter
Barrister
Nick specialises in regulatory law (including HSE, EPA, CQC, MCA, MMO prosecutions and sports regulations particularly doping and disciplinary), serious crime and disciplinary law (NMC, GMC etc).
A registered Public Access lawyer.
ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Dale Beeson
Barrister
Dale is a highly experienced and approachable lawyer with a combined case preparation and presentation history spanning many years. Deals with a wide cross-section of legal matters including criminal and civil litigation.
A registered Public Access lawyer.
ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Christopher Stark
Management Consultant
Chris is a commercially focused management consultant and dispute lead, working with clients to address critical issues between parties relating to service quality, delivery, and expectation management. Christopher leads a practice spanning charities, education trusts, central and local government departments and has extensive experience in procurement and contract dispute management in construction, IT and matters relating to board-level governance and performance.
ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Tim Bamford
Solicitor Advocate
In memoriam, we have retained Tim’s profile as it appeared at his death.
Tim is a solicitor advocate with over 30 years’ experience acting primarily in contentious intellectual property matters covering all IP rights from patents to designs and trademarks as well as disputes involving misuse of confidential information and IT contracts.
ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Joanne Thomas
Senior Administrator
Jo has held the position of Senior Clerk in three different sets of Barristers’ Chambers – both criminal and civil – spanning a remarkable 35 years. One of the very first female barristers’ Senior Clerks, Jo’s ground-breaking achievements are widely recognised in the profession. A consummate professional. WT Mediation is thrilled and proud to be working with Jo.
Fully trained Public Access Clerk.
ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.