Chambers member, Derek Minus, delivered an unusual paper this week to the Young Lawyers of the Law Society of New South Wales. Entitled “Mediating like a Martial Artist – fundamentals” – the paper draws on his extensive experience mediating high emotion conflicts where there have been threats of, or actual violence. Although focussed on fundamental [...]
Read MoreCivil Dispute Resolution Act 2011 comes in force today
From today, litigants involved in matters in the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court, will first be required to file a statement setting out what genuine steps they have taken to resolve their dispute and, if they took none, to explain why. This new process is required under the Civil Dispute Resolution Act [...]
Read MoreSenate report on the Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010
On 2 December 2010, the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs provided its report on proposed amendments to the Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 (CDR). The object of the CDR is to ensure that people take ‘genuine steps’ to resolve disputes before instituting civil proceedings in the Federal Court or Federal Magistrates Court. [...]
Read MoreADR in Australia
Australia has an agreeable reputation for legal professionalism and we are able to rely on our legal system and courts to provide reasoned and just decisions. However, our increasingly regulated society provides all types of disputes for which determination by a court is an unwieldy and expensive solution. The vast majority of matters filed in [...]
Read MoreWelcome!
Welcome to the Med-Arb Blog. We will update you regularly with information, news, events, and opinions concerning mediation, arbitration, and Med-Arb. Our bloggers are from the Mediation & Arbitration Chambers, Australia’s first national dispute resolution practice to promote and employ integrated mediation and arbitration process. The organisation was established to meet the need of commercial organisations [...]
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