Martin Plowman TEP

• Fellow of the Civil Mediation Council.
• Full member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners.
• Has successfully mediated over 1,000 cases.
• Ranked in the top three mediators in the UK (based on independent feedback)  by the former National Mediator Database League Table for ten consecutive years.
• Inducted into the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Mediation in 2018.
• Author of Zen and the Art of Mediation.
• Solicitor for over thirty years from September 1987 to May 2020, Head of Litigation Department for fifteen years.
• Founded mediation1st in 2003.
• Specialist in inheritance and probate disputes, including Inheritance Act claims, also TOLATA claims, contested probate claims, and commercial litigation generally.  Martin does not normally mediate neighbour / boundary disputes (or construction disputes (we recommend Richard O'Sullivan for construction diputes).
• CEDR and ADR Group accredited.

Recent mediations include:

• Mediation of Inheritance Act Claim involving competing claims of spouse and four siblings.
• Mediation of Probate claim involving property in the UK and India.  
• Trusts of Land (Appointment of Trustees) act claim between former co-habitees.
• Inheritance Act / Estoppel claim relating to ownership of family home.
• Mutual wills dispute.
• Challenge to validity of will leaving entire estate to carer.
• Dispute over capacity of deceased to make will.
• Trusts of Land (Appointment of Trustees) Act claim between former co-habitees.

Availability

Please note: Martin mediates only online, in central London, or in East Anglia.

Feedback received:

"I would not have a second's hesitation in recommending Martin Plowman for any level of commercial mediation - he really is an exceptional mediator. He has the gravitas required and has first class people skills - he instantly put our client at ease. He adopted a sensible common-sense approach and was invaluable in securing settlement. We are indebted to him for the professional and good-natured manner he conducted himself throughout the day".  

"Martin was subtle but powerful in bringing the parties together in what, very late in the day, appeared to be an intractable dispute between intransigent parties.   I would recommend him to my mother, if she was unfortunate enough to need him".

"Martin was superb. He was a calming influence on the day and put my clients at ease. He picked up on the smallest detail and was alert to every comment made. Even the 'smallest' voice was heard and made to feel their opinions counted. Can't recommend him highly enough!" 

"I have frankly never seen anything so impressive in ADR as Martin Plowman mediating; it was almost biblical how he managed to change water into Crystal Champagne on Friday just gone.   I would (and do) recommend him to anyone who will listen"