Professional background and experience:

John is in private practice as an attorney and mediator based in Cape Town, South Africa. He received the degrees BA (Hons) and MA at the University of Cape Town, and the law degrees B.Proc and LLB through the University of South Africa. He was admitted to practice as an attorney and conveyancer in 1993 and trained as a mediator in 1994. In his practice he specialises particularly in family, commercial, labour, and organisational disputes. He was accredited by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) UK and Conflict Dynamics as a commercial mediator (in 2007) and completed advanced training in mediation in complex company/community environments at the Graduate School of Business (UCT) in 2017.

John is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Dispute Resolution Practitioners of South Africa (ADRP-SA NPC), a non-profit company promoting alternative dispute resolution. The Education, Training and Development Practices Sectoral Education Training Authority (ETDP SETA) has accredited John to conduct outcomes-based assessments. He has also published a book titled Mediation in Family and Divorce Disputes (JUTA / SiberInk, Cape Town, 2014).

John coaches and assesses mediators in training for Conflict Dynamics.

Mediation experience and style:

John has been mediating since 1994 in family, estates, business, labour and organisational disputes. John describes his mediation style as facilitative, combining careful listening, astute questioning, and a practical future focus drawing on years of professional experience.