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FRANCES PLACE
Firm: LDDR (Lyons Davidson Dispute Resolution) |
| Address: |
Bristol House, 40-56 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY |
| Telephone: |
0117 904 5928 (direct line)
0779 630 8257 (mobile) |
| Solicitor Career history: |
Solicitor: Kingsley Smith and Co, Kent 1982 to 1987
Battens, Bristol 1987 to 1986
Wood Hodkinson Bristol 1996 to 1999
Lyons Davidson 1999 onwards
Founded Family Mediation Department at Lyons Davidson in 1999. This is now a flourishing and busy department. Since 2002 Frances has been an experienced civil and commercial mediator, mediating regularly for Devon and Exeter Law Society and Bath County Court for their in Court mediation schemes. |
| Professional Qualifications: |
Admitted as solicitor February 1982
FMA Accredited family mediator 1997
ADR Group Accredited 2002 |
| Membership |
ADR net,
Association of South West Mediators
Family Mediators Association
Civil Mediation Council
College of Family Mediators
Court of Appeal Family Panel Mediator
Clerksroom
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| Mediation Experience: |
Frances is experienced in a number of different mediation models including sole mediation, co-mediation (particularly useful for complex multi-party disputes) and shuttle/caucus mediation. She is a mediation trainer for Cafcass and Jordan’s
Frances has been involved in numerous mediations in the civil, commercial and family and community sector. These include:-
• Inheritance Act Disputes involving property and business and multi parties
• Disability Discrimination Act, Race Relations Act and other equality disputes
• Contract disputes
• Business/Partnership disputes
• Workplace disputes
• Education
• Consumer issues
• Neighbour and boundary disputes
• Complex family disputes |
| Testimonials |
- ‘ We thank you for your assistance in this matter, our client was pleased that mediation resolved the issues’.
- ‘ Can I take this opportunity to thank you for navigating us through these difficult matters’.
- ‘ Thank you for helping us to reach an early settlement which we both feel is fair’
- ‘ Thanks for the professional way in which you have handled this matter’.
- ‘ Many thanks for all your help. We could not have wished for better support’.
- ‘ If it hadn’t been for mediation we would be fighting still.’
- ‘Mediation has enabled me to continue in the job that I enjoy, before mediation I thought there was no other option than to leave.’
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