The Civil Mediation Council is an unincorporated association of Members established in April 2003 by the United Kingdom’s mediation providers, independent mediators, leading academic, legal professional bodies and government departments following a year of planning.

Important Note on Membership

The CMC does not publish a list of individual members, although this policy is under review.  Membership of the CMC, as distinct from Accreditation as a Provider organisation, does not imply or infer any particular skill, standard, or assessment of the individual or group.  There is no professional qualification of "Member of the CMC" or similar and the Civil Mediation Council does not encourage or endorse the use of membership for any commercial or qualitative purpose.

The Civil Mediation Council Board

The Officers of the CMC are:

Chairman

Sir Henry Brooke (hb@fountaincourt.co.uk)

Immediate Past Chairman

Sir Brian Neill (bneill@20essexstreet.co.uk)

Vice Chairman
William Wood QC (william.wood@brickcourt.co.uk)
Former Vice Chairman - Karl Mackie (CEDR)

Treasurer and Hon. Secretary

Richard Schiffer (who also represents the ADR Group) (Richard.Schiffer@wallace.co.uk)

Former Hon. Secretary - Jonathan Dingle

The Board of the CMC

In addition to the Chairman (Sir Henry Brooke), the Vice Chairman (to be elected shortly), the Secretary (Jonathan Dingle), and the Treasurer (Richard Schiffer), there are the following Board Members:

Heather Allen, Judith Kelbie, Andrew Paton, Paul Randolph and William Wood QC (elected to represent individual mediators); Michael Cover (representing the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) and Clive Lewis (representing Globis Ltd), James South (representing CEDR), Mark Mattison (representing the Association of Northern Mediators), Simon Madden (representing the MOJ), Beverly-Ann Rogers (representing the Bar Council) and Robin Ap Cynan (representing the Law Society).

Gail Davis (BIS) and Keith Mizon (ACAS) also attend Board Meetings as observers and to contribute from their particular perspective, but have no vote.