by Joanne Law | Mon Nov 2018

The ACT Magistrates Court is currently seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified people for their Mediators Panel.

Qualifications Required

To be eligible to apply you must have the following professional qualifications:

Registered as nationally accredited mediators; and
Legal practitioners who are or eligible for admission as a practitioner of the High Court or the Supreme Court of an Australian State or Territory; with at least 5 years post admission experience;
Preferably with experience in civil litigation in the ACT.

Panel Particulars

To be placed on a panel of mediators to undertake mediations in the civil jurisdiction of the Court on the following terms:

Parties will pay the mediator fees directly in accordance with the time frame provided by the Court on an equal share basis unless otherwise agreed between the parties;
The fee shall be $1,500 (inclusive of GST) per mediation;
Mediations will be for a maximum of 4 hours unless otherwise agreed by the parties and the mediator;
Mediations will be held in an ACT Law Courts facility unless otherwise agreed in advance by the parties and the mediator;
The Court will endeavour to allocate two mediations per day to the mediator in one week blocks, namely 10 mediations for the week.
There is, however, no guarantee of any particular quantity or type of work.

LECNA Mediation Panel

by Joanne Law | Mon Aug 2018

Logan East Community Neighbourhood Association is a local community centre located in Springwood that has been working to support community needs for 28 years. They have an excellent reputation and currently offer support ranging from Emergency Relief, free counselling, an excellent and unique Life Skills Education program, a variety of social inclusion groups, playgroup, parenting group for 0-5, no-interest and low interest loans amongst other activities.

They are wanting to provide a way for Independent NMAS Accredited Mediators and FDR Practitioners to provide opportunities to give back to the community in a low cost mediation services. The goal is to work towards 2-3 face to face mediations per week on-site at a subsidised rate.

LECNA would be responsible for the administrative side of taking the referral, arranging the venue, time and confirming all parties and taking the payment as well as doing their own promotion and marketing for the program. The venue is available during the day and also after hours so if you have a day job that does not include mediation this may be an excellent opportunity to give back and keep your practice hours up.

They are seeking expressions of interest from Brisbane based Mediators to participate in this program and build their client base. They are also hoping for interest from a specific mediator who is able to take the time to train LECNA staff / volunteers to take the Mediation referrals and then manage bookings. They have had assistance to develop relevant paperwork and administrative processes ready to go and are currently working on developing a database of potential referrers to engage with.

They need the assurance that there will be Mediators available for them to connect clients with once referrals come through.