About Bob Shire
An Accredited Mediator specialising in civil, commercial, workplace and neighbourhood disputes
Bob of Maidenhead, Berkshire has a commercial background with a 35 year career in a wide variety of companies ranging from small start-ups to major international enterprises (including Glaxo, Johnson & Johnson and London International Group) leading management teams within companies, subsidiaries and divisions. In addition to his commercial mediation work, Bob continues to be actively engaged in commercial activities as a director of Shire Partners International Ltd, his international management consulting firm, and as a director and major shareholder of Joulesave Ltd a private venture operating in the field of energy-saving products. Bob has undertaken Law & Practice for Non-lawyer Mediators training (CEDR 2004). His blend of commercial experience and mediation skills makes Bob an exceptional mediator in a wide range of business and personal disputes.
Bob trained with Europe’s leading supplier of mediation services, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).
He maintains his Accredited Mediator status by fulfilling the following requirements:
- Meeting an ongoing standard of additional training and professional development.
- Sustaining a record of current mediation experience.
Mediation experience
Bob is a mediator panel member of Middlesex & Thames Valley Mediators (MTVM) and the Oxford Mediation Group (OMG). He was also Her Majesty’s Court Service Representative Mediator for Reading County Court in 2006.
Bob’s experience spans a wide range of civil, commercial, workplace and neighbourhood disputes including:
- International sale of goods dispute associated with a change of company ownership.
- Breach of Companies Act regarding the management of a residents’ association.
- Sale of goods dispute over recovery of payment made for goods rejected on the grounds of quality.
- Breach of contract in connection with commission for property sale.
- Commercial contract dispute over supply of I.T. goods and services.
- Dispute concerning a break clause in a commercial property transaction.
- Intellectual property dispute including breach of confidentiality claim.
- Employment liability dispute involving an injury at work.
- Claim for possession of property on the grounds of trespass.
- Claim for breach of contract concerning a package holiday.
- Damages claim for breach of contract for supply of telecom services.
- Dispute over a landlord’s failure to prevent anti-social behaviour.
- Professional fees dispute concerning commercial property transactions.
- Contractual dispute relating to building works.
- Personal claim for recovery of debt.
- Probate dispute between family members.
- Local authority disputes over tenancies and employment and entitlement to benefits.
- Dispute over alterations to a listed building.
- Community disputes between neighbours over noise nuisance.
Email: bob@shire-mediation.co.uk