Welcome to Mediation & Arbitration Chambers
Dispute Resolution Specialists
Mediation & Arbitration Chambers is the first dispute resolution practice in Australia to promote and employ integrated mediation and arbitration processes. Our members are a group of independent legal practitioners, who are specialists in using ADR (alternative dispute resolution) processes.
They are accredited and experienced, skilled at assisting organisations and individuals achieve the resolution of their disputes with flexibility and finality. They have specialist skills and accreditation as mediators and arbitrators and, in particular, at conducting hybrid conciliation-arbitration and mediation-arbitration processes.
The Med-Arb Blog provides you with information, news, and perspective from the members of the Mediation & Arbitration Chambers. We deal with topics mainly concerning Mediation, Arbitration and Med-Arb (the combined process of mediation and arbitration) of disputes.
For more information, or assistance with identifying a skilled and and experienced mediator or arbitrator to assist with the conduct of your dispute, please contact us at: clerk@medarb.com.
Professional Panel
Mediation & Arbitration Chambers maintains a panel of highly experienced, qualified and accredited dispute resolution practitioners, each of whom is licensed to practise law, as a barrister or solicitor in states throughout Australia.
Members on our panel have been selected on the basis of their experience in assisting parties to achieve resolution of their dispute through agreement or where that fails, by hearing the evidence, weighing up the respective rights and making a binding determination of the dispute, according to law. Each professional has an area of specialisation and a knowledge of particular industries. Many of our panel, are currently appointed as members of various State and Federal government tribunals responsible for determining disputes.
Panel members are independent practitioners, not employees and are responsible for their conduct as mediators or arbitrators to their authorising Bar or Solicitor associations in their licensing State. They are required to comply with, and uphold the ethical and professional standards imposed by government regulation and the practice rules of their professional association.
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The four major Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes
Mediation
Mediation is a collaborative process where parties who are in dispute are assisted by a Mediator, who is a third party neutral independent of the dispute, to come to an agreed resolution. Read
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Arbitration
Arbitration is a process where parties agree to have their dispute determined in a legally binding manner by a person they jointly choose and appoint. Importantly they also agree to be bound by the decision of the arbitrator who is required to act fairly and judicially in determining the dispute. Read
Med-Arb
Mediation-Arbitration used together combine the advantages of each of the two separate methods of dispute resolution into one hybrid process. Read
Expert Determination
Expert Determination is a process often used for the resolution of disputes (usually involving discrete technical or valuation questions) by an appointed independent third party with recognised expertise in the subject matter of the dispute. Read
