WHY
CHOOSE US
TO MEDIATE
​YOUR MATTER
Our principal practitioner, Marc Mercier, has been a nationally accredited mediator since the inception of such accreditation and practicing since 2004.

Marc is registered with the Federal Attorney-General's Department as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, and has been mediating in Family Law disputes since 2008. As such, Marc is able to issue Section 60I Certificates, pursuant to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).

In specialising in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Marc commenced a Ph.D at The University of Queensland, concurrently engaging in conciliation work at the Residential Tenancies Authority as a Senior Conciliator, and then as a Conciliator at the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management.  Marc was also manager of the BCCM conciliation service for a period during 2007, during which he conducted complex conciliations concerning the jurisdiction of the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld), associated regulation modules and other closely-related legislation. In his time as Conciliator, Marc was also involved in the development of policy within the Department, including the creation of the Department Conciliator’s Code of Conduct and other processes involving the interpretation of legal provisions defining the role of Conciliator and conciliation practice.

Marc was further appointed as Principal Conciliator with the Anti-Discrimination Commission in Queensland, where he had carriage of highly complex and media-sensitive matters, often involving body corporate schemes as a party.

During his position as Senior Conciliator in the Residential Tenancies Authority and Conciliator at the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management, Marc gained expert knowledge of the respective legislation administered by those bodies and remains an expert in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution.

In private practice, Marc has assisted parties in family and commercial mediations and negotiations since 2002 in represented and self-represented matters, and has developed a reputation for strong ethics, skill and professionalism, with a keen eye for assisting parties to arrive at resolutions that are lasting, sustainable, realistic, providing for time and cost savings to the standard litigation processes.

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THE
​MEDIATION
​PROCESS
Mediation is conducted in a simple and straight-forward manner, typically in the following defined stages:
HOW ARE
OUTCOMES
​ACHIEVED?
We provide the parties with an environment which is conducive to achieving best outcomes by providing:

  • An understanding, supportive and courteous environment to the parties
  • A high level of professionalism
  • Neutral, impartial, objective and unbiased facilitation of your matter
  • Expertise, particularly in the drafting of parenting agreements and draft consent orders
​WE
ASSIST
PARTIES
FOR FAMILY DISPUTES - TO:
  • Carefully identify and clarify issues
  • Navigate through difficult matters relating to children and property
  • Assist the parties to generate viable and realistic settlement options
  • Draft agreements relating to property and child arrangements, including:
  • Arrive at viable and realistic financial agreements
  • Facilitate the agreement in relation to parenting plans
  • Prepare court-ready draft consent orders

FOR COMMERCIAL DISPUTES - TO:
  • Carefully identify and clarify issues
  • Assist parties to achieve fair commercial outcomes
  • Facilitate the resolution of contractual and partnership disputes
  • Facilitate parties to achieve satisfactory resolution of workplace deputes
MEDIATION 
​GUARANTEE
Subject to the availability of the parties, you are guaranteed to commence mediation within 5 business days. 

The process is simple, streamlined and flexible, and ensures maximal inclusiveness of the parties.
WHY
​MEDIATE?
Mediation is:

  • Cost-effective (See our Fee Schedule)
  • Provides the parties with a safe environment to achieve optimal outcomes
  • Fast and allows parties to avoid lengthy court processes
  • Confidential and allows parties to privately reach agreed outcomes
  • Flexible and can be conducted irrespective of the location of the parties, may be conducted in various modes at their convenience:
              - face-to-face
              - shuttle (parties in different rooms)
              - teleconference
              - Skype
              - mixed modes as required
  • Conducted in a relaxed and private manner
  • Informal and allows the parties to discuss and reach outcomes that the parties can live with
  • Enables the parties to achieve a lasting solution to the dispute through skilled facilitation
  • Allows the parties to more effectively communicate at a difficult time.
WHY
​MEDIATE?
Mediation is:

  • Cost-effective (See our Fee Schedule)
  • Provides the parties with a safe environment to achieve optimal outcomes
  • Fast and allows parties to avoid lengthy court processes
  • Confidential and allows parties to privately reach agreed outcomes
  • Flexible and can be conducted irrespective of the location of the parties, may be conducted in various modes at their convenience:
              - face-to-face
              - shuttle (parties in different rooms)
              - teleconference
              - Skype
              - mixed modes as required
  • Conducted in a relaxed and private manner
  • Informal and allows the parties to discuss and reach outcomes that the parties can live with
  • Enables the parties to achieve a lasting solution to the dispute through skilled facilitation
  • Allows the parties to more effectively communicate at a difficult time.
COMMERCIAL
​MEDIATION
We also assist commercial parties to reach resolution on matters such as:

  • Contractual disputes
  • Employment disputes
  • Workplace bullying
  • Partnership matters
  • Trade disputes
 
Whilst our mediators are not engaged to provide legal advice, as a number of our mediators are also legal practitioners, parties gain the benefit of a neutral third party intermediary that can view complex commercial disputes with a legal lens to assist parties to arrive at sustainable and realistic outcomes.
 
We are completely capable of interfacing with legally represented and self-represented parties.
​FAMILY MEDIATION
We assist parties in family disputes on matters such as:

  • Parenting Plans
  • Changes to parenting plans and parenting agreements
  • Section 60I Certificates under the Family Law Act
  • Financial agreements
  • Draft consent orders
  • Interim negotiations

​Section 60I certificates (family mediations)

Where a party is unable or unwilling to mediate, or the matter is deemed to be unsuitable for mediation, Our mediators are empowered to issue a section 60I Certificate to enable the matter to progress to the Family Court.

​When family mediation is not suitable
 
Family mediation will be deemed not suitable where there is:

  • A history of domestic violence or intimidation by one or both parties
  • Power imbalances sufficient to hinder the participation of a party to the mediation process
  • Legal issues requiring interpretation of a document(s), or there is a need for an urgent injunction.
 
Where a matter is deemed to not be appropriate for mediation, We will issue a section 60I Certificate under the Family Law Act to reflect the circumstance.
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