Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum
Updated: Sep 8
Disputes are an inevitable part of commercial and professional life. The question is rarely whether they occur, but how they are managed, and more importantly, solved.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provides methods to solve disputes without resorting to formal Court proceedings. ADR helps parties resolve disputes efficiently, cost effectively, reduce disruption and, where possible, preserve important relationships. The Courts are increasingly directing parties to attempt ADR, so it is vital to understand what it is and how it might help your business.
To achieve this greater understanding in a user friendly way, Barrule Mediation Services is pleased to announce its inaugural 'Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum', taking place on 22 October 2026.
The ADR forum will bring together experienced leading professionals to discuss and explore the practical application of ADR methods, examine real-world case studies and explore how organisations can prepare for and respond to disputes more effectively.
Whether you are a business owner, trust director, adviser or legal professional, the forum will provide an opportunity to learn more about the role mediation and other forms of ADR can play in today's commercial environment.
The full programme is now confirmed.
Thursday 22 October 2026, 9.00am – 12.30pm, Les Cotils, St Peter Port
9.00 — Registration and coffee
9.30 — Introductions by the Chair, Advocate Alison Ozanne, Barrule Partners Group: the Court's changing attitude to ADR, and its increasing powers to direct parties to engage in it
9.45 — Advocate Christian Hay, Partner and Head of IDR at Collas Crill: what ADR is, and the methods available
10.10 — Jonathan Winegarten, former Chief Chancery Master of the Senior Court: tales from the mediator's chair, and why mediation works
10.25 — Rupert Ticehurst, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution at Maurice Turnor Gardner (remote): finding the right time to mediate, not too early and not too late
10.55 — Coffee
11.10 — Hazel Marshall KC: the increasing use of arbitration in trust and private wealth disputes, and early neutral evaluation
11.30 — Panel session with Alison, Hazel, Jonathan and Christian: the cost of failing to engage in ADR, and how it's likely to develop
12.20 — Closing comments from the Chair
Advocate Alison Ozanne, Chair, is thirty-seven years into practice, twenty-eight of them in Guernsey trust litigation. She founded AO Hall in 2004, has led Walkers' litigation team for the past nine years, and is the only woman in the Channel Islands named in the Legal 500 IDR Hall of Fame. She's a qualified mediator and sits as a trustee at Barrule Trust.
Advocate Christian Hay leads contentious trust litigation teams across Guernsey, Jersey and Cayman. He's a CEDR-accredited mediator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and acts regularly as mediator or arbitrator in disputes between trustees and beneficiaries, shareholders and directors.
Jonathan Winegarten was the first barrister appointed Chancery Master, and served as Chief Master of the Chancery Division from 1998 until his retirement in 2013. He now mediates full time from Radcliffe Chambers.
Rupert Ticehurst is Head of Dispute Resolution at Maurice Turnor Gardner, covering trust, probate, commercial litigation and private client advisory work. He's a CEDR-qualified mediator.
Her Honour Hazel Marshall KC is a former Senior Circuit and Deputy High Court Judge who tried Carlyle Capital v Conway, Guernsey's longest civil trial. She's a qualified mediator and arbitrator, FCIArb, with a Notre Dame diploma in mediation.
The forum is for trustees, lawyers, tax advisers and accountants who deal with lengthy, stressful and costly disputes. You'll leave with a working understanding of how each form of ADR operates in practice, real examples of where it has and hasn't worked, and a sense of how far the Courts now expect ADR to be attempted before trial.
To register your interest or secure a place, please contact mediation@barrule.co
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