Mediation Practice Areas
Workplace Disputes (Click for details)
Interpersonal Workplace Conflict
Day to day conflicts arise in all walks of life. When a group of people are thrown together and expected to work towards a common goal it is natural that differences will arise. Mostly, team members can work with their managers to find a way forward but sometimes it just isn’t possible without outside help. Recognising this early enough on is a major issue in many organisations.
Workplace dynamics can be complicated and can result in conflicts between personnel. Conflicts at work are a major source of stress, not only for those directly involved but also for people who are indirectly affected or associated. And when people feel stressed the employer has a responsibility to manage the issues.
These conflicts may be between 2 or more people, between teams or between the employer organisation and an individual.
Get in touch today to have a professional mediator assist in resolving conflict in your workplace.
Commercial or Contractual Disputes
Mediation can be used in a wide range of civil and commercial disputes that might otherwise end up in court.
Mediation is a process that helps parties to a dispute make agreements and find settlement without having a judgement imposed on them in a court.
Get in touch today to have a professional mediator assist in resolving conflict in your business life.Family Mediation
Family Conflicts can often need the assistance of an outside party to resolve them.
Family Dispute Resolution is a non-adversarial way of resolving arguments and conflicts that arise in family disputes without involving authorities such as the court system. It can be used to resolve many types of dispute provided the nature of the conflict does not break the boundaries of the law.
Mediation can be effective in resolving conflicts over inheritance, grandparental rights, elder care, family business disputes, or family estrangement, to name a few.
Get in touch today to have a professional mediator assist in resolving conflict in your family.Agricultural Disputes & Farm Family Mediation
Farm businesses encompass so many areas where conflict can arise – inheritance, family arguments, employer-employee conflict, community, commercial, etc.
Family farms can, by their very nature, throw up many areas of dispute associated with family disagreements, but also workplace and commercial disputes between generations, siblings or employees. There can be issues of inheritance, disputes amongst siblings, disagreement over direction and strategy, or work practices.
Having grown up in a farming family and worked for several years in the family business before pursuing other avenues, I understand better than most how these situations can arise and am well placed offer assistance in resolving these disputes as a result.
Get in touch today to have a professional mediator assist in resolving your farm family disagreement.Community Disputes
Community Disputes or conflicts, such as issues with neighbours, property maintenance, rights-of-way, etc. can be resolved amicably with the assistance of a mediator.
Community mediation enables parties dealing with disputes to engage in working out their difficulties through a face to face meeting and negotiation at a local level. Community mediation works on improving the quality of life for those living in the community and to support and empower them to live in harmony.
Get in touch today to have a professional mediator assist in resolving conflict in your community.
Why choose our services?
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Empathetic Listener
I will listen closely to all your issues without judgement or prejudice. My role is to help you to uncover ways to unravel your dispute and find pathways out of your conflict.
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Neutral Party
As a mediator, I do not take sides in the dispute, nor do I evaluate right or wrong. My role is to facilitate your conversation in a safe and productive manner and to guide and help you explore ways that you can resolve your dispute together.
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Cost Effective
Mediation is significantly less expensive than legal action. The outcomes are also generally more satisfactory since the parties remain in complete control of the process and design their own agreement, rather than having one imposed upon them by a court ruling.