​Name: 
Peter Vinden
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Location:  
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
Contact details: 
+44 (0)7801 021000 

Qualifications: 
BSc(Hons), DiplCArb, FRICS, FCIArb, FCIOB, FInstCES, MAICA, FPD.

Specialisation: 
Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Independent Expert & Mediator.

Languages:
English.

Regions served: 
United Kingdom and others upon request.
Industry Sectors :*​
  • Banking and Finance
  • Building
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Employment & Workplace
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Infrastructure
  • Information, Communication & Technology
  • Land
  • Mechanical & Electrical
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property

Practice Areas:*
  • Arbitration
  • ​Arb-Med
  • Adjudication
  • Commercial Negotiation
  • Conciliation
  • Early Neutral Evaluation
  • Expert Witness
  • Independent Expert
  • Mediation
  • Med-Arb
  • Dispute Board Member
  • Emergency Arbitration
  • Specialist panel

Articles
The rise of the evaluative mediator
Background information: 
Peter Vinden is the Chief Executive Officer at Gateley Vinden which he set up in 1994 to advise clients involved in the holding and development of land and property assets. His practice is regarded as being one of the UK’s most successful multi-disciplinary practices. Peter is continuously engaged as an Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Expert or Mediator and is listed on all the major professional panels in the UK and Europe. Peter has in depth knowledge of commercial disputes and he is described as “bold and fearless” by those parties who instruct Peter Vinden.
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Overview
  • Peter Vinden is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Expert with over 30 years’ experience of commercial dispute resolution. He specialises in construction, engineering, banking, finance and insurance disputes throughout the UK and Europe;
  • Peter Vinden is very experienced dispute professional with particular expertise in construction and development disputes involving monetary and time claims between Main Contractors and Employers, Sub-Contractors and Main Contractors, Consultants and Employers;
  • ​Peter Vinden has been appointed as Adjudicator, Expert Determiner and Arbitrator in excess of 500 occasions (as at December 2019) typically receiving between 15 and 25 appointments per calendar year since 1998 on monetary disputes ranging from as little as £10,000 to in excess of £100 million;
  • Formerly Group Commercial Director of The Caunce Group of Companies (Main Contractor, Specialist Structural Steelwork and Cladding companies) and senior roles in The Snape Group (Morgan Sindall) and Balfour Beatty Building;
  • Peter Vinden has significant experience of all quantity surveying matters together with the commercial management of contracting organisations. Skilled in claims preparation, the drafting of expert reports and the writing of contractual and commercial procedures;
  • Peter Vinden is an experienced Mediator (separate CV available from Prime Dispute) qualified in UK, Europe and USA and listed on all major panels. Completed in excess of 200 cases as Mediator, since qualification;
  • Peter Vinden is an experienced seminar presenter, contract drafter, adjudicator, mediator and advisor on alternative dispute resolution techniques and business strategy generally. Specialist experience gained in “fast track” industrial building trades.
Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 
PANELS
​Our ★★★★★ represent the following: 
  • Agreed to abide by 'Criteria for inclusion on  Prime Dispute's Panels';
  • Applications for both senior 'Fellowship' and 'Panels' approved;
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'Administration Process of Cases Note' & 'Schedule of Fees for all Cases';
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'User Agreement for FPD (Fellow Prime Dispute) Members'';
  • Agreed to abide by Prime Dispute's 'Business Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy' - Including 'Section 6' on 'Business Ethics for Dispute Resolver'. ​​​
PETER VINDEN / FPD PANEL MEMBER
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​ARBITRATOR PANEL - ✓
ADJUDICATOR PANEL - ✓
EXPERT DETERMINATION PANEL - ✓
MEDIATOR PANEL - ✓
MED-ARB PANEL - ✓
*Prime Dispute also provides a 'Formal Appointment Service', All our senior neutrals who are officially appointed will need to comply with our ' Formal Criteria' before nomination.
*Conflict checks would need to be undertaken prior to the neutral being formally appointed.