Email: nerys@maesltd.co.uk

Qualifications: Solicitor, FALA, Accredited Mediator

Founder of a specialist agricultural law firm in 2011, Nerys is a recognised lawyer in her specialist fields of agricultural, environmental and planning law and has been a fellow of the agricultural law association since 2009. Her doctorate was in the implementation and enforcement of agricultural law and policy at international and regional levels of governance. she is knowledgeable about the legal and administrative devolved structure of the UK and is a fluent welsh speaker.

Nerys is an experienced and successful mediator, having qualified as an ADR accredited mediator in 2011. She has a reputation for her pragmatic and common sense approach to resolving disputes. Nerys has acted as mediator in many mediations across England and Wales on a variety of matters including equine disputes, estate disputes, property disputes, proprietary estoppel and landlord and tenant matters. She is also a CEDR exchange member.

A renowned expert in rural disputes, Nerys has worked with a vast number of rural professionals and businesses to manage change, succession, and collaboration.

Nerys was raised on a dairy farm and now runs a beef and sheep enterprise with her husband.

Email: cmcnall@18sjs.com

Qualifications: Barrister, FALA, Accredited Mediator

Christopher McNall is a barrister specialising in agricultural law (especially tenancies under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, proprietary estoppel and Inheritance Act claims, and disputes involving crop failures and animal deaths) and is a CEDR accredited mediator. He edited the latest edition of the Agricultural Land section of Halsbury’s Laws of England, and is the author of ‘A Practical Guide to Agricultural Tenancies’ and Practical Law’s Rural Affairs ‘View from the Bar’ column.

He has wide experience of advising and representing parties in disputes before Courts and Tribunals and in arbitrations. He also sits as a fee-paid judge of the County Court and the First-tier Tribunal and is Principal Judge of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales/Tribiwnlys Tir Amaethyddol Cymru, where he has dealt with a wide range of tenancy and drainage disputes. He has also acted as an independent ‘Third Party’ appointed by the parties to determine disputes.

Email: timrussbytham@btinternet.com

Qualifications: FCIArb

Tim is a retired solicitor with 40 years of experience in private practice and also sat before retirement as Full-time District Judge. He now practices as a mediator and arbitrator. He is known for his practical and empathetic approach to resolving disputes, particularly in the agricultural food and rural sectors.

His practice, when a solicitor, was in agricultural private client and food industry disputes including wills probate and trust claims, Proprietary Estoppel claims, real property and tenancy disputes, commercial disputes both in agricultural and food businesses and professional negligence claims (solicitors accountants and surveyors, mostly involving farming and food businesses).

Clients describe him as proactive, engaged, and considerate, ensuring that their concerns are addressed with both commercial awareness and a personal touch.

Tim has acted as a mediator in over two hundred and fifty disputes. He qualified with ADR Group in 1996 and again with CEDR in 2001. He qualified as an Arbitrator in 2001 and holds the FCIArb qualification. He has handed down over 30 Awards as an arbitrator and had never been successfully appealed.

His extensive experience as a solicitor, notary public, and arbitrator allows him to offer clear, practical advice and support to parties having these sorts of complex cases where his detailed knowledge of the law and the industry offers a real point of difference to aid settlement. Tim’s clients often comment on his energy, commercial sense, and his ability to foster strong working relationships, making the resolution process as smooth and constructive as possible.

His website giving much more information as to his practice is at www.bytham.co.uk