Mediation & Arbitration

Problems and conflicts come in all sizes and shapes.  Our dispute resolution lawyers have the skills and experience to analyse problems, and to work with clients to identify how conflicts can be resolved or avoided.

We regularly appear for our clients before courts, tribunals and other decision-making bodies, but we always consider dispute-resolution methods (including negotiation, mediation and arbitration) when these could provide quick and cost-effective results.

We have helped people find pragmatic outcomes to complex civil and commercial proceedings, sensitive abuse claims, shareholder, family and neighbourhood disputes and everything in-between.

Mediations 

All our dispute resolution and litigation lawyers are trained in alternative dispute resolution and particularly negotiation and mediation.  Mediation is frequently effective in resolving the disputes and can be significantly cheaper than litigating disputes through the Courts.  Increasingly legislation is requiring the parties to attempt mediation (eg. employment law) and judicial mediation or settlement conferences are now common in the Family, District and High Courts.  We have mediated a range of disputes from “sensitive claims” (sexual and physical abuse) to major commercial and property disputes.

Arbitrations

Arbitrations remain common as a result of contracts specifying their use or parties choosing arbitration as a (usually) more expedient method of resolving a dispute than the Court system.  Our lawyers have the experience to firstly advise clients on when arbitration would be a better option (usually in terms of outcome and cost) for the client and then to represent the clients’ interests in the arbitration.  Though more commonly seen in specialised sectors, we have experience in a wide range of matters that have been arbitrated.