Welcome to Dispute Bench

Dispute Bench has been formed to provide Alternative Dispute Resolution, Expert Witness, Valuation and Investigation services. Bringing together leading industry practitioners across geographic regions to facilitate the resolution of disputes via a range of methodologies.

Location

Dispute Bench First Floor, Swan Buildings, 20 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JW

About Us

Dispute Bench has been formed to provide Alternative Dispute Resolution, Expert Witness, Valuation and Investigation services. Bringing together leading industry practitioners across geographic regions to facilitate the resolution of disputes via a range of methodologies.

Dispute Bench sector experts are typically engaged prior to the commencement of litigation or upon referral from professional bodies as part of a contractual dispute resolution clause.

The company was founded by an individual endorsed as a dispute resolver by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), International Mediation Insititute (IMI) and Civil Mediation Council (CMC). In addition to being a dispute resolver, the founder has the unique experience of ADR processes as both Claimant and Respondent.

ADR Methodologies
• Negotiation
• Conciliation
• Early Neutral Evaluation
• Arbitration
• Adjudication
• Expert Determination
• Dispute Review Board

Services & Staff

Type of surveyor

  • Chartered Valuation Surveyor

Services

  • Business valuation
  • Compulsory purchase
  • Compulsory purchase (Commercial property)
  • Dispute resolution
  • Dispute resolution (Commercial parties)
  • Expert witness
  • Expert witness (Commercial property)
  • Facilities management
  • Healthcare
  • Infrastructure
  • Investments
  • Land - Acquisition and sales
  • Neighbourly disputes
  • Planning & development
  • Planning applications
  • Risk management
  • Service charges
  • Social housing
  • Valuation

Business type

Registered name - Dispute Bench Limited
Private Practice
Residential
Commercial

Regulation

RICS Regulated Firm
This firm is regulated by RICS. Regulated firms must follow the RICS Rules of Conduct for Firms and are held to a higher standard in areas such as staff training, professional indemnity insurance, complaints handling and security of clients' money.

Partners and Directors

  • Richard Hall

Accreditations

Registered Valuer

  • Richard Hall

Contact Dispute Bench

RICS Regulated Firm
Firms that come under RICS regulation are easy to spot as they use the words 'Regulated by RICS' on their letterhead and other communication materials. Regulated firms must follow the RICS Rules of Conduct for Firms and are held to a higher standard in areas such as staff training, professional indemnity insurance, complaints handling and security of clients' money.
Residential
Commercial

Firms that are Regulated by RICS commit to the highest professional and ethical standards. In the rare cases where disciplinary action has been taken against a firm, records are published online.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for, please contact RICS Regulation at regulation@rics.org. Alternatively, if you wish to make a complaint, please contact complaints@rics.org.