Suzanne is widely known for her expertise in all aspects of family work, in particular the resolution of complex financial issues for high net worth individuals. Suzanne's cases often have an international element and she has considerable experience in dealing with prenuptial agreements and cohabitation issues. As a member of the Children Panel, Suzanne has dealt with numerous cases involving complicated Children Act issues as well as both child abduction and adoption. She is an accredited Resolution mediator and has a thriving mediation practice having recently undertaken a number of referrals under the Court of Appeal mediation scheme. In addition, Suzanne is a qualified collaborative lawyer and trains collaborative law for Resolution.

Suzanne was described in Chambers 2010 as "deal(ing) with big money cases in an intelligent and business-like manner and is much loved by her clients".Suzanne was recognised in the Legal 500 2009 as "very knowledgeable team-driven and proactive in achieving results without aggravating often difficult matrimonial issues". Suzanne was recommended in Spears Wealth Management 2010 and included in the Citywealth 2010 leading lawyers list. Suzanne has acted for well-known personalities including footballers, actors and well known business people. In addition, Suzanne is able to use her skill set in litigation as well as assisting clients via alternative dispute resolution whether that be mediation or collaborative law.

Publications and speaking engagements

• Suzanne is often quoted in national newspapers on family law topics of the day and is a renowned trainer
• Spearheaded Resolution's training of collaborative counsel and will soon commence training arbitration for family lawyers
• Lectured at the Hong Kong Family Law Association
• Guest speaker at the Ville D'Estate for Barclays Wealth
• Contributed to the Alternative Dispute Resolution handbook published by the Law Society
• Contributed to Jordans publication on prenuptial agreements

Memberships

• Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association)
• Fellow of IAML
• IACP

Chartered Engineer, Chartered Manager, Intl Mediator & Intl Arbitrator
BSc MSc PhD Chartered Eur Ing CEng CMgr FICE FCIHT FCMI FCIArb CMC Fellow MAE MEWI QDR

Dr Jarratt is a highly experienced commercial mediator, arbitrator, expert determiner, adjudicator and expert witness in the UK and internationally. He has over thirty years’ experience in these specialisms, sixteen accreditations and has written published work, given numerous talks and led workshops on dispute resolution. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Manager, Fellow of five professional institutions including the Ciarb and a Member of two others.

He is on the major UK mediation panels such as the Barrister Group and many internationally such as the International Mediation Institute as a Certified Mediator and an Accredited Mentor. He has arbitrated and mediated over 1140 UK and international disputes since 1993 with a mediation success rate of 93%.

Arbitrations and mediations range from civil and structural engineering, architectural and project management to family disputes such as custody and care of children, maintenance payments and arrangement, welfare, education, financial responsibilities and asset sharing, inheritance and care of the elderly. Other disputes include intellectual property, wine production, agriculture, health, maritime, insurance, retail, finance, personal injury, employment, estate management, misrepresentation, professional negligence, transport, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT and renewable energy.

Dr Jarratt’s arbitration appointments include sole arbitrator, tribunal member and presiding arbitrator. Arbitral seats include London and Dubai under their applicable governing laws. He has also advised project financiers, clients, employers, consultants and contractors under the NEC, FIDIC and various JCT and other types of contract.

He regularly invites LLM students, university lecturers and legal professionals to join his arbitration hearings and mediations as observers and supports them throughout the process. He has written papers on ADR. He is on the Working Group for the European Union Intellectual Property Office. He is a past member of the Editorial Advisory Panel of Management, Procurement & Law journal, and also on the CMI eastern board and a past chairman of the Ciarb East Anglia branch. He has also refereed and reviewed books on arbitration and FIDIC and other forms of contract.

Dr Jarratt is a Professional Reviewer, Professional Assessor, Peer Interviewer, Tutor, Examiner and Moderator for the Ciarb and three other professional institutions. He regularly chairs and speaks at professional events including the Ciarb and is a past speaker for the IStructE and the ICE. He has run ADR workshops at a past ICE's flagship Annual ADR Day. He was also a speaker launching ADR on the IStructE’s 75th anniversary alongside its President and two Past Presidents.

In order to take PART 2 ONLY of the IFLA Financial Arbitration Scheme, you must have first successfully completed the full IFLA Children's Arbitration Scheme.

In order to be considered for the course, please send your IFLA Children's Arbitration Scheme certificate to IFLA_Finance@ciarb.org

Should you be successful in your application, you will be contacted regarding registration and payment.

To view the full course information sheet, please click here.

The Family Law Financial Arbitration Scheme (‘the Financial Scheme’) under which disputes of a financial or property nature with a family background in England and Wales may be resolved by arbitration.

In order to become an arbitrator under this Scheme, it is necessary that Scheme members qualify and maintain membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and concurrently are maintained as members of the relevant panel of arbitrators which shall be managed by Resolution on behalf of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators Limited (“IFLA”).

The Scheme is administered by Resolution on behalf of IFLA, a company limited by guarantee whose members are the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (“Ciarb”), Resolution and the Family Law Bar Association (“FLBA”).

IFLA is responsible for:

• the rules governing the family law arbitration schemes
• eligibility, training, and qualification criteria
• application procedures
• criteria for remaining on the panels
• denying, suspending, or revoking membership of the panels
• development of the schemes
• public perceptions and requirements of the Schemes
• pursuing legislative reform as and when appropriate

Some of the primary advantages of family arbitration are:

• Choice: parties can select the decision maker.
• Efficiency: choosing arbitration can save court resources.
• Flexibility: arbitration may be used for discrete issues within a case.
• Continuity: with direct, continuous involvement of the decision maker.
• Privacy: arbitration is a confidential process.
• Speed: arbitration can be faster than court-based processes.

The training course is delivered with a combination of:

• Private study
  • Private study includes reading course materials before the course starts on 9 October 2025.

• Tutorials
  • The tutorial will take place on 9 October in-person at 12 Bloomsbury Square.

LearnADR is Ciarb's online learning platform.

Once you have purchased the course, you can access it by going to your dashboard and click on 'My Courses'. There you will find a red button that says, 'LearnADR'.

You will have access to LearnADR for 12 months from the date of the last course session.

In order to take PART 2 ONLY of the IFLA Financial Arbitration Scheme, you must have first successfully completed the full IFLA Children's Arbitration Scheme.

In order to be considered for the course, please send your IFLA Children's Arbitration Scheme certificate to IFLA_Finance@ciarb.org

Should you be successful in your application, you will be contacted regarding registration and payment.

On successful completion of the course and the corresponding assessment, candidates will:

• Be fully qualified in both Children's and Financial Arbitration.
• Be eligible to apply for Membership and request that their professional profile be added to the IFLA website.

Please note that candidates are only eligible to apply for Membership for a maximum of two years after having successfully completed the course and assessment.

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