Dispute Resolution

Dispute Resolution Programme for Advisers and Party Representatives

• 13 Hours Formal CPD

Online

From £325 + VAT

This new and exclusive course will cover the spectrum of roles involved in advising and representing a client in dispute, from initial advice to adeptly presenting your client's case within diverse dispute resolution methods.

Is this course for you?

If you're involved in advising parties in disputes within the built environment, this programme is your gateway to comprehensive proficiency.

This is a RICS adviser course focussing on the capacities in which surveyors and other professionals act when advising and representing parties. The course is open to other professions (e.g. engineers, architects etc) although the focus will be RICS guidance & materials.

What you’ll gain?

Upon successfully finishing the course, you will receive a completion certificate and the opportunity to undertake the further two modules to become an RICS Accredited Dispute Adviser and Party Representative.

Course Content

The full course is spilt into three practical modules:

Module 1: Provides delegates with a competent understanding of a range of dispute resolution procedures, and the function of party advisers and representatives in these procedures. It also covers the range of roles surveyors and other professionals adopt when advising and representing clients in dispute resolution.

Module 2: Covers the roles of adviser from the early stages in the dispute resolution process through to preparing clients for formal dispute resolution procedures.

Module 3: Acting as a party’s professional representative or case manager. Undertaking the management, administration, timetabling and general conduct of the client’s case in ADR procedures.

Format

Module 1 is a 5-week online programme and will involve three live webinars, recorded videos and self-study. This module will be assessed with a multiple-choice test.

13 hours CPD

Module 1		Date and Time (GMT)	Focus
Introduction Webinar		28 January 2025 2 – 2:30pm	Course introduction and overview
Part 1	Part 1 Online module	On-demand	Complete online modules covering an overview of ADR procedures
Part 2	Part 2a Webinar	11 February 2025 2 – 5pm UK time	The role you adopt when advising and representing clients in dispute resolution
Part 2	Part 2b Webinar	25 February 2025 2- 5pm UK time	Overview of judicial rules related to advisors/party representatives, including evidence and procedure. Conflicts of interest and bias. RICS Professional Statement and Guidance

Module 2 is a 10 week online programme and will involve 3 live webinars, 2 live feedback sessions and 2 scenario based peer review exercises. The module is assessed on 100% participation and attendance.

20 hours CPD

Module 2		Date and Time (GMT)	Focus
	Introduction Webinar	TBC	Module introduction and overview
Part 1	Part 1 Webinar	TBC	Avoidance, Management and Resolution
	Exercise 1	TBC	Complete scenario based assignment and peer review exercise.
	Live feedback session 1	TBC	Open discussion and feedback on exercise
Part 2	Pre-recorded lecture	TBC	Introduction to Part 2
	Part 2 Webinar	TBC	Practical steps to follow when in the early stages of a dispute resolution procedure. Ensuring the client is properly informed and prepared.
	Exercise 2	TBC	Complete scenario based assignment and peer review exercise.
	Live feedback session 2	TBC	Open discussion and feedback on exercise

Module 3 is a 10 week online programme that will involve 3 live webinars, 1 practice exercise and live feedback session, as well as the final viva style interview assessment which will include discussion on a written submission.

28 CPD hours

Module 3		Date and Time (GMT)	Focus
Part 1	Part 1 Webinar	TBC	Party Representative Services
	Exercise 1	TBC	Unassessed short questions to be submitted for discussion.
	Live feedback session 1	TBC	Open discussion and feedback on exercise
Part 2	Pre-recorded lecture	On-demand	Introduction to Part 2
Part 2	Part 2 Webinar	TBC	Taking the client's case through formal dispute resolution procedures
Part 3	Part 3 Webinar	TBC	Introduction to advocacy
	Written assignment	TBC	3 weeks to complete written assignment
	Interview assessment	TBC	Written assignment is discussed during interview

“Guiding clients through Dispute Resolution requires key skills – from a competent understanding of the range of procedures themselves, to a clear understanding of the role and function of party advisers and representatives in these procedures. This course will greatly assist with that process.”

David Parratt KC (Scot)

Barrister

Meet the trainers

David R Parratt KC FCIArb

David R Parratt is a King’s Counsel who specialises in the conduct of complex, high-value, international commercial litigation and arbitration. He is qualified in both Scotland and England & Wales. He has extensive experience in handling disputes arising from long-term commercial relationships and construction projects across a range of industries, including energy and natural resources, and other infrastructure, manufacturing, ship-building and aviation. He has been Counsel on cases involving projects and other assets in the United Kingdom, Asia, Canada and the Middle East often requiring expert evidence. He has also been appointed as an arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. David frequently appears in London High Court cases in high value commercial actions. He has a lot of adjudication experience. He is CEDR mediation accredited and is involved in commercial mediations. David is also an Honorary Professor in the University of Aberdeen, where he teaches international arbitration and dispute resolution generally.

Philip Meade FRICS

Philip qualified as a rural chartered surveyor in 1992 and became a Fellow of the RICS in 2016. He has appeared as advocate in over 250 rural arbitrations, Agricultural land tribunals and public inquiries. He was appointed to the panel of Rural Arbitrators by the President of the RICS in 2009 and the CAAV panel in 2020 and worked closely with the CAAV in helping develop their new Dispute Resolution service. He is one of only about 25 rural arbitrators on the panel in England and Wales. He is the author of the current RICS Guidance Note on Rural Arbitration and the RICS Professional Statement on Conflicts of Interest for Dispute Resolvers He is also one of the three committee members that run Rural Arbrix and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He speaks regularly to farming groups as well as speaking at RICS and CAAV conferences He has appeared as an expert witness in the High Court and Lands Tribunal (now Upper Tier Tribunal) and has advised private clients, corporate clients and Government on dispute resolution issues, including being invited to 10 Downing Street in November 2015 to advise on dispute resolution in the planning sector.

Shy Jackson

Shy is a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, an international law firm. His practice covers construction and engineering project advice and acting in disputes related to UK and international projects. His experience covers litigation, arbitration, adjudication and ADR and he has advised on all main forms of contract, including NEC, JCT and FIDIC. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Arbitration and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. He has been an elected SCL council member since 2012 and sits on the NEC Contract Board. Shy regularly writes and talks about construction law related issues and is a Visiting Fellow at the Construction Law MSc course at King's College London.

Jonathan Pawlowski

Jonathan is a solicitor and partner at Howard Kennedy LLP and specialises in issues relating to or arising from the construction, engineering, and infrastructure industries. This includes traditional construction claims such as extensions of time, loss and expense, structural defects, and ground works, and extends to professional negligence claims concerning construction industry specialists and issues over insurance cover. Jonathan has obtained Higher Rights of Audience in all Courts of England and Wales and has conducted litigation in the Technology & Construction Court, the Court of Appeal, and several Arbitrations. He has also been involved in many Mediations. Jonathan has vast experience of Adjudications, including drafting Notices of Adjudication, Referrals, and Responses. He has also appeared as advocate in numerous hearings before Adjudicators which have involved cross-examination of witnesses and opening and closing submissions. In addition, Jonathan sits regularly as an Adjudicator, and is a member of the RICS Panel of Construction Adjudicators. Jonathan also practices non-contentious construction law advising on building contracts, professional appointments, and the security provided by construction documents for institutional lenders. This includes drafting, amending, and negotiating all forms of construction contracts to include main contracts, sub-contracts, collateral warranties, third party rights, bonds and guarantees and bespoke construction contracts and terms and conditions of business. Jonathan is a member and past Chair of the Society of Construction Law, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and member of the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association, the Adjudication Society, the Society of Construction Arbitrators, the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, and Arbrix.

Paul Moorcroft

Paul stepped down as a partner at Eversheds Sutherland in 2023. During his 20 years at Eversheds he undertook a number of different roles; he was part of the litigation practice group's senior management team and was head of the UK's largest real estate disputes team for over a decade. In later years he was also given charge of the firm's construction team and then subsequently he became the head of the firm's global consumer sector. Paul has specialised in all types of complex property related disputes for over 30 years. He is still reasonably active as a legal practitioner and he has a particular interest and expertise of dilapidations and rent review cases. He has been recognised as a leading individual in both the main legal directories (Legal 500 and Chambers) for over 15 years and he is still ranked as a top property disputes lawyer in the West Midlands. In recent times those legal directories have quoted Paul as being "a leading light in real estate litigation", "a great litigator with a fair and friendly manner" and as "exercising excellent judgement in a quiet and pleasant way". He is also a qualified CEDR mediator, and was the first solicitor appointed to the Arbrix committee (the UK's leading rent review experts).

Testimonial

“A good overview of dispute resolution methods and procedures and related legal method. Laid firm foundations for more detailed training in DR advisory and party representation roles.”

Wendy Coggan

Director, Coggan Associates

Course pricing

Modules can be purchased individually at the following prices.

	RICS Member	Non-RICS Member
Module 1 Starts 28 January 2025	£ 325 +VAT	£ 350 +VAT
Module 2 Starts TBC	£ 525 +VAT	£ 575 +VAT
Module 3 Starts TBC	£ 795 +VAT	£ 825 +VAT

If you purchase all three modules you will receive 5% discount on module 3

RICS Member

Non-RICS Member

Full course with discount detailed above applied

(Modules 1 – 3)

£ 1,562.75 +VAT

£ 1,662.50 +VAT

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Price Summary

Module 1 only – RICS Member

£325 + VAT

Module 1 only – Non-RICS Member

£350 + VAT

Group discounts

Book 3 to 5 places and get 5% off

Book 6 to 10 places and get 10% off

Please contact the team at drstraining@rics.org to arrange a group booking with discount.

(Only one discount available per booking. This cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer from RICS).

From £325

+ VAT

Dispute Resolution Programme for Advisers and Party Representatives

Is this course for you?

What you’ll gain?

Course Content

Meet the trainers

David R Parratt KC FCIArb

Philip Meade FRICS

Shy Jackson

Jonathan Pawlowski

Paul Moorcroft

Testimonial

Price Summary

Group discounts

From £325

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