About us
Mediation
Mediation in practice
Resources
Contacts
![]() |
Melbourne Office - PO Box 452, COLLINS STREET WEST VIC 8007 AUSTRALIA Sydney Office - GPO Box 2506, SYDNEY NSW 2001 AUSTRALIA Telephone: Melbourne Office - +61 3 9629 3709 Sydney Office - +61 2 9233 2600 Facsimile: Melbourne Office - +61 3 9629 3217 Sydney Office - +61 2 9233 3044 Email:adr@mediator.com.au Internet:http://www.mediator.com.au |
About us
Mediation
Mediation in practice
Resources
Contacts
Mediation is a consent based alternative dispute resolution method.
In a mediation the parties meet together (either physically or electronically) with a third party called a mediator who assists the parties to settle the dispute.
Unless the parties reach their own agreement the dispute is not resolved.
If an agreement is made then the dispute can be settled in whole or part and the part that is settled can be enforced the same way as any other contract.
In the ordinary case a party can not rely on any matter which occured in the mediation at trial. Some exemptions to this rule apply.
A key difference between arbitration and mediation in which the arbitrator makes a binding decision which can then be enforced by a Court.