Frederick Way

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“I would recommend Frederick without hesitation as one of the brightest and best mediators I have worked with”

Overview 

Frederick Way is a leading UK Mediator, Senior Dispute Resolution Consultant and Lead Trainer in Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Management at CEDR. In December 2024, Frederick was named Civil/Commercial Mediator of the Year at the National Mediation Awards, the highest award in UK Mediation.

Having trained as a barrister, Frederick has worked for over a decade as a mediator and has extensive experience of civil, commercial, private client, employment and workplace, professional negligence, property, wills, trusts and probate, arts, charity, appeals and tax mediation.

In his practice Frederick has mediated cases involving disputes between individuals, large corporates, charities and public bodies. He regularly mediates high value civil and commercial claims and cases with complex legal issues or involving allegations of professional misconduct. He is recognised for his ability to provide balance of the commercial and legal drivers, narrow the issues and guide parties towards settlement.

Within his practice, Frederick is highly experienced in working with individuals. He is recognised by clients for his ability to handle the human side of a dispute, working sensitively and effectively with clients in discrimination claims, private client disputes; partnership fall outs; family business, property or trust disputes; or where there are additional needs such as mental health/disability, vulnerability; or heightened emotions, frequently settling cases which have been long-running or extremely challenging.

Through his workplace and employment practice, Frederick supports employees and organisations to find resolution to challenging HR and organisational issues. He combines his facilitation, mediation and coaching skills to help parties to find resolution, such as team renewal, culture change and empowering individuals. Frederick has worked with workplace parties in a range of industries, including banking, education, charity and the commercial sector.

Professional Background

Prior to becoming a mediator, Frederick trained as a barrister and worked in property and professional negligence disputes. He has worked in Dispute Resolution for CEDR since 2012.

As CEDR’s Senior Dispute Resolution Consultant, Frederick works with law firms, commercial organisations and judicial bodies on the development of new conflict resolution systems and the utilisation of ADR for the legal industry. Prior to his current role, Frederick was the Head of the CEDR Foundation, responsible for all of CEDR’s charitable output and innovation.

Frederick is also a Lead Trainer in Mediation for CEDR, as well as being a coach and assessor of mediator candidates. Frederick was the Coach of the English and Welsh National student negotiation teams between 2018-2023 for the International Championships.

A respected speaker on mediation, Frederick regularly speaks on mediation and conflict resolution for CEDR, including to corporates, law firms and judicial bodies. Recent talks include to: representatives of the UK House of Commons and House of Lords, the Supreme Courts of Qatar, the Supreme Court of the Maldives, the High Court of Bulgaria, the government of Ghana; the Government of Kosovo, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the University of Copenhagen’s Masterclass series on Mediation, Girls Human Rights’ Hub, UK and international Law firms; Universities and others. In 2024, Frederick was

awarded the Global Mediation Synergy Award from the Ukrainian Academy of Mediation for his work with CEDR in advancing mediation across borders.
He is a regular contributor to podcasts and writer on mediation, as well as being a main host of CEDR’s Masterclass series on Mediation. With Dr Karl Mackie CBE, Frederick was the author of the CEDR publication Setting Up and Running a Public Inquiry: Guidance for Chairs and Commissioning Bodies, which has since been adopted by several UK Public Inquiries.

Outside of his mediation practice, Frederick has a specialist knowledge of the arts, equality and charities as a board member. He has been the Vice Chair of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, a global dance organisation since 2019 and was the Deputy Chair of Access All Areas, a leading theatre charity for Learning Disabled and Autistic performers from 2015-2023.

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