Presenters

Mark Kelly, Commercial Mediator and Barrister, Bankside Chamber
Mark is one of New Zealand’s leading commercial mediators, mediating full-time, throughout New Zealand. He has over 30 years of experience in dispute resolution. Mark is the immediate past President, and a Fellow, of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand. He is also a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators. Mark has extensive experience successfully mediating high value disputes involving: general commercial issues, construction, insurance, intellectual property, trusts and estates, relationship property, rural and farm debt, sports, earthquake, weathertightness and international issues. Mark won the Mediator of the Year Award at the 2019 and 2022 New Zealand Law Awards. In 2023 he was named as one of New Zealand’s 26 most influential lawyers. He practices from Bankside Chambers, Auckland.


Jonathan Scragg, Partner, Duncan Cotterill
Jonathan Scragg's expertise is in civil, commercial & public law litigation and dispute resolution. Jonathan has particular experience managing large, complex disputes and is an experienced advocate in the Courts and in mediation. Jonathan’s public law practice involves advising public and private sector entities on the operation and enforcement of legislation and representing parties in judicial review. In insurance law, Jonathan's work predominantly involves advising on indemnity issues and defending professional liability claims, complaints/disciplinary processes and regulatory prosecutions for a range of advisory, financial and property professionals. Jonathan also acts for parties in contract, property and trust disputes. Jonathan is the first New Zealand member of the Presidential Council of the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA) and is a past president of the New Zealand Insurance Law Association Inc (NZILA). Jonathan is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). Jonathan is a former chair of the Duncan Cotterill partnership. He is admitted in England and Wales and has worked previously in London as well as having started his career in New Zealand as a High Court judges’ clerk. He is a contributing author to various legal texts published by LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters and speaks regularly at industry events and conferences on dispute resolution, insurance law and public law. Jonathan is a recipient of the Cleary Memorial Prize.