An effective triage system is an essential step in effective dispute management. Family law disputes are no exception. For many years now I have been a strong advocate of early triage to facilitate quicker and less costly dispute resolution. Triage is applied to determine the best options and best strategies to manage and resolve disputes.... View Article
Defamation Suits are on the rise in Australia. In fact they are proliferating, and are often being used as a weapon to remove offensive online material. It’s not just rich people suing Media and Media personalities. Those disputes account for about 30% of all defamation suits being filed each year. No the proliferation is the... View Article
The family court system in Australia is in crisis and people with family court disputes are suffering badly as a result. There are non-litigious alternatives to getting pushed into the court system. These alternatives can help people resolve their disputes quickly, cost effectively and without being subjected the stresses of litigation. Almost every day there... View Article
Tasmanian Legal Profession : Early Dispute Resolution Strategies v Traditional Litigation Methods There have been extensive discussions both privately and publicly regarding the legal profession leaning too heavily on traditional methods as a means to resolve disputes. Indeed, quite a few years back, at an industry conference, Victorian Supreme Court Judge David Byrne mentioned the... View Article
Has your company ever been caught up in an unpleasant building dispute with one of your clients? Such disputes can become a real distraction, can’t they? They can also place an unwelcome burden on your cashflow, productivity and potentially threaten your good reputation. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, contractual disputes cost the building... View Article
From January to June this year the ACCC (Australian Consumer and Competition Commission) received nearly 3800 contacts (reports and enquiries) about small business issues plus 263 contacts about franchising issues. The most common issue reported to us by small businesses was misleading conduct and false representations with over 1000 reports. Small businesses also reported a total... View Article
If you have been following the news you will know that the federal government is about to introduce legislation to close down the current family court and merge it with the Federal Circuit Court, where most family law disputes are managed by circuit court judges. The aim of the reforms are to reduce delays in... View Article
Business and commerce is conducted mainly by the use of contracts. In many instances, if not most, the bigger, stronger and wealthier party creates the contract and sends it to the other smaller, weaker and less wealthy party to sign and return. So, for example, a principal contractor on a major construction job, needs to... View Article
Family Law is currently in a mess – Long delays Courts clogged up with cases No compulsory requirement to make a genuine and reasonable attempt to resolve the dispute through negotiation and/or mediation before filing in court Nothing to deter lawyers from trying to use this broken system to increase their revenues from family law... View Article
Note: You may meet with a lawyer once or twice before making a decision to hire him or her. That is probably a wise thing to do. Summary: Background Research and Preparation Skill Set Personality Attitude and Values ADR abilities Costs Billing Style & Cycle Background and Preparation: Google the name Do some basic... View Article
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