The former High Court judge is reported to have stated that Australia should follow the English model of dispute resolution by encouraging mediation and arbitration. Australian lawyers have been successfully using mediation for years. Family Court practices dictate the use of alternate dispute resolution before a judicial determination. Lord Woolf’s lessons were learned over a decade ago.
We, at Barry & Nilsson, use mediation as a matter of course and with an 80% plus success rate. Judges are there to resolve those cases that don’t settle despite the best attempts of the litigants and lawyers. Judges only see that part of the litigation above water and not the 7/8 below constituting settlements achieved with the assistance of diligent lawyers.
For more information, please contact Don Leembruggen or visit Barry & Nilsson Lawyers.
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