The Core businesses seek to be at the heart of, and to help shape, a new direction in Scotland. Core provides innovative and independent conflict management services using mediation, and other facilitation approaches, together with coaching and training, producing prompt and effective solutions to practical business problems, built on effective business, professional and personal relationships. Currently, there is no other Scottish organisation which seeks to provide a service of this kind.

John Sturrock QC
As the founder and CEO of the Core Solutions Group, John has pioneered mediation and high quality training in business, the professions and commerce in Scotland and elsewhere. Described in Legal 500 as "universally regarded as Scotland's finest mediator" and in Band 1 in Best of the UK in Chambers Guide, John has been involved in a broad range of disputes in the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad. He is an internationally recognised coach and facilitator in the fields of negotiation, mediation and communication, and has worked with senior executives, judges, top athletes and parliamentarians. He is described as "one of the best teachers of mediation". He became a Queen's Counsel in 1999, is a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University and, as the first Director of Training and Education in the Faculty of Advocates from 1994 to 2002, designed and led the Scottish Bar's award-winning advocacy skills programme. He is a faculty member with CEDR and trained in negotiation at Harvard University. He was named Specialist of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in 2003.
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Pamela Lyall
Pamela is Director of Mediation Services at Core. She was accredited as a mediator in 2000 and is one of Scotland’s most experienced mediators, working in a broad spectrum of commercial and other disputes, including professional negligence, property, insurance and senior management. She is also an experienced leader of Core’s mediator training courses and manages many of Core’s mediations. She was formerly a litigation partner and Head of Insurance Litigation at the law firm of Dundas & Wilson. She has over 18 years experience in private practice, dealing with a broad range of personal injury cases, professional indemnity claims and insurance contract disputes. She qualified as a solicitor-advocate in 1996.
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Laura Rutherford
Laura is Core’s Administrator, handling day to day client contact, correspondence and general administration. She will often be your first port of call at Core.
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For details of Core's training, coaching and other events
(or to discuss in-house training),
see our Courses and Events page or contact us at:

Core Solutions

Tel: 0131 221 2520

For a fresh approach to managing differences and conflict resolution, contact us at:

Core Mediation

Tel: 0131 221 2521

Registered Head Office Address:

Rutland House
19 Rutland Square
Edinburgh
EH1 2BB
Scotland

VAT Registration No: 735 0565 39

Registered in Scotland No: SC197282

Core Coaching and Core Mediation are divisions of the Core Solutions Group Limited