Resolve it without the courtroom
Resolve it without the courtroom
Most people arrive knowing something is wrong and not knowing what to ask for. Answer these and we will tell you which process fits, what happens in it, and roughly how long it takes. Nothing is recorded and you do not have to give us your name.
It does not give legal advice and it does not assess your case. It tells you which kind of process fits your situation. If you need someone to tell you where your matter stands legally, you need a lawyer, and we will point you to free and low cost options.
Family dispute resolution, elder mediation, and property and financial mediation. Run by a registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and AMDRAS registered mediator. Both registrations are public and you are welcome to check them.
Parenting arrangements after separation, and the section 60I certificate you generally need before you can apply to a court for a parenting order.
mediationhouse.com.au →Care and accommodation decisions, sibling disagreements about a parent, powers of attorney, and estate tensions before they become litigation.
mediationhouse.com.au →Separating couples, business partners, co-owners. Confidential, faster than a court list, and you keep control of the outcome.
mediationhouse.com.au →We speak with each person separately before anything else. That is where we assess whether mediation is safe and appropriate, and it is not a formality. If mediation is not the right tool, we will say so rather than proceed.
Commercial disputes settle. The question is how much time and cost you burn before they do. We mediate under AMDRAS registration, confidentially, and scheduled in weeks rather than years.
Disagreements over scope, performance, delay or payment, where both sides would rather not spend a year and a large part of the contract value finding out who was right.
alternativedisputeresolution.au →Breakdowns between owners, deadlock, exits and valuations. Mediation keeps the dispute off the public record and out of your customers' view.
alternativedisputeresolution.au →Conflict between staff, between teams, or between an employee and management, addressed before it becomes a formal claim.
alternativedisputeresolution.au →Suppliers, franchisees, co-owners, long-standing clients. Litigation ends relationships. Mediation is the only process that can end the dispute and keep the relationship.
alternativedisputeresolution.au →The main cost of a commercial dispute is usually the time it occupies, not the settlement figure. Mediation before positions harden is faster, cheaper, and far more likely to produce something both sides will actually honour. Lawyers are welcome in the room and are not required.
A short scoping call with each party, then a mediation session in person or online, with or without your lawyers. If you reach agreement you leave with heads of agreement on the day, which your own lawyers formalise. Quoted hourly or at a day rate, agreed up front.
Most people who represent themselves did not choose to. The process is not designed for you, the other side often has a lawyer, and the deadlines do not care that you are learning as you go.
Enter the date something happened and see exactly how long you have left. Deadlines are the single most common way a good case is lost.
elaw.au →Which form you need, and plain English notes on what each section is actually asking for.
elaw.au →The test that applies to your kind of matter, set out in the order a tribunal or court works through it.
elaw.au →Community legal centres, the relevant ombudsman, and the free guides published by the tribunals themselves.
elaw.au →We do not give legal advice and we do not assess individual cases. Nothing on Elaw is advice about your situation. If you need someone to tell you where your matter stands, you need a lawyer.