We help businesses resolve disputes arising from commercial contracts, supply chains, service delivery, and operational breakdowns. Mediation offers a confidential space to untangle contractual misunderstandings and find commercially sound, workable solutions that preserve business relationships and avoid the cost of litigation.
Services
Our Scope
At The Olive Branch Company, we help people move beyond conflict with clarity, confidence and dignity. Whether you're navigating a high-stakes commercial dispute, resolving a leadership breakdown, or untangling a cross cultural misunderstanding, we create a safe, impartial space where dialogue can restart and progress can be made.
We don't take sides. We don't offer legal advice. We facilitate honest, forward-focused conversations that lead to real-world, workable agreements.
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Business and Commercial Contract Disputes
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Governance and Co-founder Breakdowns
Whether you're navigating a boardroom impasse or a breakdown between co-founders, we help leadership teams address difficult power dynamics, clarify responsibilities, and rebuild trust. Our structured approach supports clear communication, strategic decision-making, and fair outcomes in complex governance scenarios.
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Family Business and Succession Related Tensions
Family run businesses often face overlapping personal and commercial pressures. We offer a neutral space to explore legacy, succession, and shared vision, helping families reach agreements that respect both relationships and enterprise continuity.
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High Stakes, Operational or Regulated Sector Challenges
We support organisations facing complex disputes in high-stakes or tightly regulated sectors such as finance, insurance, defence, banking, and fintech. Whether the issue involves operational breakdowns, compliance concerns, or contractual tensions, we provide a neutral forum where commercially sensitive matters can be addressed with discretion and focus enabling practical outcomes that respect both regulatory frameworks and business realities.
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Cross Cultural and Community Dialogue
We work with individuals, teams and communities navigating conflict rooted in cultural difference, lived experience or identity. With fluency in five languages and experience across global sectors, we create inclusive, respectful dialogue that bridges gaps and builds understanding.
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Organisational Change and Transition
Whether it's a restructure, merger, leadership change or cultural shift, we mediate internal tensions triggered by organisational change. Our approach helps teams process uncertainty, manage transitions and agree on the way forward with clarity and shared purpose.
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Personal Injury
For personal injury disputes, mediation offers a sensitive, timely, and cost-effective alternative to litigation. Whether the case involves road accidents, workplace injuries, or public liability, mediation allows claimants and insurers or employers to focus on practical outcomes like compensation, care needs, or rehabilitation, often reaching agreement more swiftly than through the courts.
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Professional Negligence
Mediation in professional negligence cases provides a confidential, structured setting to resolve claims against professionals such as solicitors, surveyors, accountants, or consultants. It enables parties to explore whether a duty of care was breached and whether any loss arose without the cost, delay, and adversarial tone of court proceedings. Mediation is especially effective in complex matters involving subjective assessments or long-term relationships.
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Clinical/Medical Negligence
In clinical negligence cases, mediation provides an opportunity for patients and healthcare providers to address harm in a private and respectful environment. It allows for open dialogue, explanations, and where appropriate, apologies and compensation. With the increasing encouragement of the NHS Resolution scheme, mediation is now a widely used and recognised route for resolving claims involving hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare professionals.
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Contentious Probate
Contentious probate disputes arise when the validity of a will is challenged, or when beneficiaries or executors disagree over the administration of an estate. Mediation offers families a private space to resolve emotionally difficult issues around inheritance, without deepening divisions. It supports creative and flexible settlements, often helping preserve relationships and reduce legal costs at a time of loss.
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Boundary Disputes
Property and boundary disputes between neighbours or landowners can be particularly stressful and emotionally charged. Mediation helps clarify ownership, access rights, or use of land by facilitating calm, constructive discussions backed by relevant plans or legal documentation. It’s often the best path to preserving neighbourly relationships while resolving the practical issues at hand.