From New Strait Times: The Movement Control Order (MCO) due to Covid-19 brought about unprecedented losses to businesses and individuals. Disputes arising from that predominantly are in real estate transactions; financing facilities and foreclosures; suppliers;...
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Useful Links: The ‘no triangles’ rule: House-sharing during the pandemic doesn’t need to be prickly
From The Age: House-sharing can be curly at the best of times, but throw in a pandemic and things can become a whole lot more complicated: from dealing with sudden isolation together and navigating Zoom meetings with your new (probably loud) colleagues to handling...
Useful Links: 3 Things to Know About Family Law Mediation
From The Herald News: Family law mediation is a process in which a neutral third party helps facilitate an agreement between parties, usually regarding parenting issues or divorce terms. The mediator does not serve as an advocate for either side, and doesn't impose...
Useful Links: How Effective is Electronic Mediation in the Age of COVID-19?
From Law.com: As businesses suffer through this crisis, it is more important than ever that disputes get resolved in a timely and efficient way. And there is a time-tested solution to this problem: mediation. With a new twist, thanks to social distancing. Yes,...
Useful Links: Divorcing couples ‘should try mediation before using courts’
From: Telegraph.co.uk They really should.. it's much cheaper, less stressful and quicker.. there is more for the parties to divide and they can move on faster, focussing on their future rather than a long-winded battle. Contact us to find out whether Mediation is the...
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Conflict Management: A Creative Approach to Breaking Impasse A case study of conflict management involving breaking down barriers to resolve disputes at the negotiation table. This is an interesting approach for parties in deadlock. Simultaneous offers on the table at...
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Co-parenting in the coronavirus pandemic: A family law scholar’s advice I'm sure this applies to many of you.. not an easy time, but we can help you work through it. Click here to read the article.
Useful Links: The National Law Review
Mediation Can Be an Especially Effective Tool in Business Divorce Litigation Mediation is a great tool for many types of business disputes, and particularly business divorce. Timing is important - to ensure detailed data (eg. share value) is available, and from a...
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While I prefer commercial mediations (as the bulk of experience is in this area), I also do family matters and this area definitely brings the most enquiries to my mediation practice. It was great to read about the Family Court and FMC encouraging parties to think...
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From this month's LSJ: As an enormous part of our country's flaura, fauna and surrounding communities continues to burn, the law society has written about the trauma and the incredibly long recovery ahead, including the mental health of lawyers and insurance workers....