Dr Nicky McWilliam1 Visiting research fellow, faculty of law UTS, Sydney A recent study employed qualitative and quantitative methods in examining attitudes of 104 Australian judges across five levels of the Australian court system with respect to court referred alternative...
- February 5, 2017
Cameron Grant1, Ratka Markovska2, Benjamin de Santis3, James Pittar4 1 Australian Taxation Office, cameron.grant@ato.gov.au 2 Australian Taxation Office, ratka.markovska@ato.gov.au 3 Australian Taxation Office, benjamin.desantis@ato.gov.au 4 Australian Taxation Office, james.pittar@ato.gov.au Introducing Dispute Assist – a new service initiative by the Australian...
- January 13, 2017
Mr Jeremy Gormly1 1Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, Sydney, Australia Mediation and Conciliation are poorly distinguished but profoundly different. This presentation will distil Mediation and Conciliation and present the work being done by the think-tank Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council...
- January 13, 2017
Prof. Paula Marie Young1 Qatar University College of Law, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar, pyoung@qu.edu.qa I have now lived in Qatar for slightly over a year. My colleagues at the law school and in private practice have asked me to...
- January 13, 2017
Miss Lih Jeng Low1 1State Courts. Singapore, Singapore, Singapore The paper examines how the establishment of the State Courts Centre for Dispute Resolution (SCCDR) in March 2015 consolidated the different ADR services offered by separate divisions in the State Courts...
- January 12, 2017
Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi1 1 School of Law, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Melbourne VIC 3086 Cultural differences may become an issue in mediation in many respects. There may be cultural differences as between the parties and the mediators...
- January 12, 2017
Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi1 and Professor Mary Anne Noone 2 1 Law School, La Trobe University, Victoria Australia 3086 o.akinojelabi@latrobe.edu.au 2 Law School, La Trobe University, Victoria Australia 3086 m.noone@latrobe.edu.au ADR processes are now used extensively in Australia to resolve...
- January 12, 2017
Dr Susan Douglas University of The Sunshine Coast, School of Law, Maroochydore DC, Maroochydore Qld, 4558 sdouglas@usc.edu.au The National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) 2015 requires that accredited mediators demonstrate an understanding of ‘impartiality, including the avoidance of conflicts of interest.’...
- January 12, 2017
