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JEREMY PHILLIPS MEDIATION PROFILE  

Jeremy Phillips, previously senior partner of Holt Phillips, was the leader of national teams in international law firms Eversheds and Osborne Clarke before his transfer to the Bar. For some time he was the only solicitor to achieve Chambers and Partners highest rating in his specialist field.

At Francis Taylor Building he has maintained his leading reputation in alcohol, entertainment, and gaming licensing legislation (Leading Junior), whilst renewing his earlier practices in the fields of planning, environment, health & safety, administrative & public law (Leading Junior) and regulatory law.

".. continues to go from "strength to strength" since his transition from solicitor to barrister and brings a "wealth of industry experience" and a "superb legal brain" to the table. He is highly regarded for his opinion on liquor licensing laws and is deemed to be both thorough and "a barrister with the ear of many decision makers." 
Chambers and Partners [2008]

" .. worked as a solicitor before he came to the Bar: for many this means he "understands a client's needs in a way other barristers can't." A lawyer who offers "marvelous practical input," he is "pleasant, personable and efficient"..                   
Chambers and Partners [2009]

" .. is a ‘calm advocate'  who ‘concentrates on what will win the case‘..                           
Legal 500 [2009] 

Mediation Experience / Qualifications

  • CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) - Accredited Mediator (October 2007)
  • SCMA (Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates) - Member
  • Co-Mediator with Michel Kallipetis QC in unprecedented mediation concerning contractual, commercial and property issues affecting the licensed trade (see Seventh Report (2009) Business & Enterprise Select Committee)
  • Resolution of licensing and environmental disputes concerning a major national sporting event by informal mediation (advocate)
  • Instructed in proposed mediation concerning regional party political dispute
  • "Finding Common Ground" (‘Planning' magazine March 2008 - with John Parmiter)
  • Recognised for many years as a leading figure within the UK leisure industry
  • Law firm Partner for over 20 years with substantial practical experience of commercial, management and dispute resolution issues
  • General Editor Paterson's Licensing Acts (1997 - 2010), the leading work in this field, and author/consultant for a number of other publications, including Halsbury's Laws of England.