Brydget Barker-Hudson

Brydget is a specialist in mediation/arbitration for workplace, medico-legal, insurance, family, environmental and cross-cultural matters both domestica and internationally. In 2010 she was appointed to the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) as the “International Consultant in ADR to the National Court of PNG”.  The consultancy includes work in PNG for an initial 2 months and 3-4 separate months next year and for a further 2 years. The project will develop both a mediation service to the courts and business in PNG and review and update arbitration practices.

Brydget has a unique skill set encompassing science and law with extensive ADR experience as a Negotiator, Mediator, Adjudicator and Arbitrator.  She specialises in the MedArb process and has recently been awarded the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators / ACICA – Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. She is regularly consulted on commercial, workplace and family disputes; chairs / facilitates contentious meetings and develops and delivers focused training.

She is also a Queensland Supreme & District Courts accredited mediator and a Member of the Queensland Guardianship & Administrative Tribunal and the Commercial & Consumer Tribunal, IAMA and LEADR. A Mediator Member of Industry Panels: Produce & Grocery; Horticulture; Franchising; Motor Vehicle Insurance and Repair Industry; and Energy (Qld, WA). A registered Family Dispute Practitioner (R0000122)Family Law Act 1975. A registered Adjudicator (J1087549) Building Industry Construction Payments Act Qld (IAMA and Law Soc. panels). A Lands and Mining Tribunal (NT) member for planning disputes, Member of the Qld Guardianship and Administration Tribunal and the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal. As well as Certified in Assessment and Workplace Training (Cert IV) and Quality.

EXPERTISE

I specialise in moving conflict situations to a lasting resolution which all parties can live with. Being stuck, unable to move forward, costs you time, money and opportunities.

Resolution lets you get on with business and life. Your location, the complexity or specialised nature of your dispute, will not impede my assisting you achieve resolution. My wide professional and personal experience and expertise in all types of ADR means I can suggest the best resolution process for you. I will manage all stages of the process. Having extensive experience in telephone conferencing, I can start immediately to move the dispute towards resolution. Face to face conferencing at the location of the dispute or a convenient location and time in Australia, Asia or the Pacific is usually needed to reveal all issues and options and working through these to achieve settlement of all matters. I welcome working in cross-cultural situations with or without interpreters and with unrepresented clients or with the assistance provided by solicitors and counsel.

PANEL MEMBERSHIP

Assurance of professional experience, skills and probity is provided by the accrediations which I hold:

Mediator

  • Australian National Standards Accredited Mediator
  • Queensland Supreme and District courts appointed
  • Queensland Law Society accredited

Arbitrator

  • Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia – Graded
  • Queensland Law Society accredited
  • Adjudictor
  • Queensland Registered
  • Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
  • Commonwealth Registered

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

  • IAMA – Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia
  • LEADR – Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Queensland and NSW Law Societies
  • Council of Australian Tribunals
  • Dispute Resolution Board Association

TRAINING COURSES – recent presentation given

  • The Application of ADR to Rural industry and legal practice – LexisNexis Masterclass
  • Managing Multi-million dollar adjudications – Queensland Law Society
  • Words Build our World – 2 day presentation for all employees in aged care facilities
  • Pathways to build your future – 1 day workshop on Policy Development and Strategic Planning for executive staff of aged care facilities.
  • Policy development and implementation – 2 day Cert IV workshop for Northern Territory Office of Public Service Commissioner – 2002/2003
  • Communications and organisational development – 3 day workshop to Pastoral industry managers
  • Shall I tell you a secret? – Development and maintenance of intellectual property – to DPIF staff – resulted in Patent applications and Plant Breeders Rights grants.

SPECIALISATION

I have a special interest and expertise gained through managing over 1000 dispute resolution conferences in mining, planning, environmental, personal injury, medical, primary industry, intellectual property, employment and workplace issues. I am appointed to:

  • Arbitrate as a member of the NSW Mining Minister’s Arbitration Panel
  • Adjudicate under the Qld Building Industry Construction Payments Act – 10 matters decided, one concerned over $A47 million in dispute
  • Mediation Panels – Produce & Grocery; Horticulture; Franchising; Motor Vehicle Insurance and Repair Industry; Energy (Qld, WA)
  • Mediate with a Qld Government Department and Qld Legal Aid
  • Mediate with Qld Supreme and District Courts
  • Mediate with NT Lands and Mining Tribunal;
  • Preside / Member, Qld Guardianship and Administration Tribunal – 2 sets Reasons given