Experienced Legal Professionals
Over 60 years’ combined experience in the legal sector
Richard Fisher
Richard’s legal career spans 25 years. Clients describe him as “determined, thorough, and commercially astute”.
He has been a partner at Temple Bright LLP in London since 2015 having previously been a partner at City law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP. Prior to his legal career Richard worked at Cushman & Wakefield Chartered Surveyors and HSBC.
Richard has been instructed in numerous disputes involving professional firms, businesses, individuals, insurers and litigation funders over the years. His clients have ranged from PLCs to small businesses and individuals.
Richard has extensive experience of acting for claimants and defendants in many mediations. He has therefore had ample opportunity to consider the approach adopted by many different mediators in order to to understand what works well.
Richard’s mediations have often involved third parties such as insurers and litigation funders. He therefore understands well the commercial dynamics from all parties’ perspectives.
Richard trained with Clear ADR and is a CMC Registered Mediator. He is available to mediate civil and commercial disputes throughout the UK.
Qualifications
CMC Registered Mediator – Admitted as a Solicitor (2000) – MRICS (1992)
You maintained momentum and managed our case…
“You maintained momentum and managed our case through to a very satisfactory outcome.”
Private Individual
We greatly appreciated your calm approach…
“We greatly appreciated your calm approach and ability to simplify the complex issues of the litigation process.”
Senior Partner, Tax Advisory LLP
It is due to your experience, diligence and perseverance...
“It is due to your experience, diligence and perseverance that we achieved settlement.”
Private Individual
You quickly assimilated all the relevant issues...
“You quickly assimilated all the relevant issues and put forward an objective account which made the strengths and potential weaknesses clear if our case went to court.”
Managing Director of SME
You had such a good grasp of the strengths and weaknesses of our case...
“You had such a good grasp of the strengths and weaknesses of our case and above all we appreciated the commerciality you brought to the process.”
Senior Partner, Tax Advisory LLP
This was my first experience of mediation...
“This was my first experience of mediation and you showed great authority and ‘nous’ throughout.”
Managing Director, Construction Company
Your attention to detail and administration generally were first class…
“Your attention to detail and administration generally were first class and we always felt in very safe hands.”
Senior Partner, Firm of Chartered Surveyors
We have no doubt that without your support and guidance…
“We have no doubt that without your support and guidance we would not have the closure which has enabled us to move on with our lives.”
Private Individual
I liked your style...
“I liked your style and would have no hesitation in recommending you to others.”
Managing Director, Construction Company
Due to your experience in business...
“Due to your experience in business I felt that you always understood not just the areas of law but also its effect on our bottom line.”
Managing Director of SME
Your conduct of complex negotiations showed a real understanding...
“Your conduct of complex negotiations showed a real understanding of our business model.”
Senior Partner, Tax Advisory LLP
You brought an excellent common-sense approach…
“You brought an excellent common-sense approach which showed a full understanding of the law in the context of the bigger commercial picture.”
Managing Director, Construction Company
I would have no hesitation in recommending you...
“I would have no hesitation in recommending you as an excellent asset in relation to resolving difficult disputes.”
Managing Director of SME
Your communication skills were excellent…
“Your communication skills were excellent because you made people feel at ease in a stressful environment.”
Managing Director, Construction Company
I think you handled a very difficult three-way dispute…
“I think you handled a very difficult three-way dispute, which I did not think was capable of being settled, extremely well.”
Insurance Claims Director
I particularly liked the fact that you clearly understood…
“I particularly liked the fact that you clearly understood the different personalities involved and could engage positively and productively with all of them.”
Managing Director, Construction Company
Robert Hogarth
Robert was Senior Partner of City law firm RPC from 2008 to 2014. He left RPC in May 2018 to focus on mediation and risk analysis after over 30 years as a partner handling construction and real estate disputes for owners, contractors and insurers. Robert was awarded Client Choice UK construction lawyer of the year in 2013.
In his time Robert won many trials (and, importantly, also lost some) as well as acting for a wide range of claimants and defendants at countless mediations. He therefore has a comprehensive understanding of the legal and commercial factors in disputes gained over many years.
Robert has multiple ideas about how mediation can be made even more effective particularly around the early involvement of the mediator in order to provide a process for focussed preparation prior to the mediation.
Robert also has a particular expertise in modelling litigation risk and in 2022 brought to market ground-breaking AI software, SettleIndex. SettleIndex provides a sophisticated but intuitive and user-friendly solution for fully risk assessing disputes.
A mediator is employed primarily to guide parties through a process. What Robert has found is that his extensive experience enables him to make that challenging where necessary, but always collaborative. These are qualities that distinguish good mediators from simply messengers.
Robert was Editor of ‘Construction law for the Insurance Industry’ in its second edition with Oxford University Press. He was also on TeCSA’s panel of adjudicators from its inception until 2019. In addition to construction and real estate, his specialist knowledge includes professional negligence, PFI, outsourcing and insurance.
Robert trained with ADR Group and the London School of Mediation and is a CMC Registered Mediator. He is available to mediate civil and commercial disputes throughout the UK.
Qualifications
CMC Registered Mediator – Admitted as a Solicitor (1978)
Very good at understanding the end goal and resolving…
Chambers & Partners
I thought you did incredibly well…
“On a personal note I thought you did incredibly well yesterday and I would have no hesitation in recommending you, as I have already.”
Partner, Solicitors LLP
If it wasn’t for your tenacity and commitment to get…
“If it wasn’t for your tenacity and commitment to get the deal done after the mediation day requiring difficult conversations with all parties, I doubt we would have got this one over the line.”
Partner, Solicitors LLP
Perhaps his single biggest asset is his ability to listen…
“Perhaps his single biggest asset is his ability to listen and adapt to the needs of clients.”
Client Choice 2013
Robert was very effective. Understood the issues…
Partner, Solicitos LLP