Family Law Back to Basics Series: To Collaborate, Mediate, Arbitrate or Litigate? That is the Question
Explore what alternative dispute resolution option might be best for your case and why. You will learn the advantages and disadvantage of each option, giving you the confidence to know that the advice you are giving your client is correct for their situation. WEB228N40D
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Jennifer Hetherington, Managing Director, Divorce Hub Legal
Professional Skills
5.00pm to 6.15pm To Collaborate, Mediate, Arbitrate or Litigate? That is the Question
- Exploring the alternate dispute resolution (ADR) options
- Examining the advantages and disadvantages of each option
- Utilising ADR options to achieve a successful outcome in family law cases
Presented by Maurice Edwards, Special Counsel, Rafton Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator
Presenters
Jennifer Hetherington
Jennifer Hetherington is Director and Principal Lawyer of Hetherington Family Law. She is an Accredited Family Law Specialist with over 20 years of experience in Family Law. Jennifer is also a Nationally Accredited Mediator and Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. She holds Bachelor of Laws and a Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution Practice and is an experienced Collaborative Lawyer. Jennifer currently sits on the following committees/Boards: Queensland Law Society Family Law Committee; International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (Board Member); Queensland Association of Collaborative Practitioners Management Committee (Secretary). Jennifer is currently an adjunct lecturer in the College of Law PLT Program, Jennifer has presented papers and workshops in Australia and internationally for numerous organisations including: Queensland Law Society; Australian Institute of Family Studies; Legalwise; LexisNexis; College of Law; Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; Education CPE; Association for Conflict Resolution - Greater New York. Jennifer is a volunteer with Women's Legal Service. She has formerly been Chair of the board of Mummy's Wish Ltd., (a national charity helping families when mum is undergoing cancer treatment) a Queensland Law Society Councillor and member of the Queensland Law Society Specialist Accreditation Board. In 2017 Jennifer was awarded Sole Practitioner of the Year in both the Australian Law Awards and the Women in Law Awards. She has taken a firm which started as a sole practitioner with no support staff in September 2014, to a firm now consisting of herself and 7 staff. She was a finalist for the Family Law Partner of the Year in the 2018 Partner of the Year Awards and won CEO Magazine's Australian Business Woman of the Year award in 2018. In 2017, Jennifer and a colleague established European Family Law and Mediation Conferences and staged their first conference, in Paris and the Loire Valley, in under 12 months. In 2018, Jennifer launched Untying the Knot - Fixed Fee Family Law Solutions, an innovative family law solution which is set to transform the way families end relationships.,
Maurice Edwards
Maurice Edwards is an Accredited Family Law Specialist, Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator. He is a Collaborative Family Lawyer and is President of the Greater Sydney Collaborative Family Law Group. Maurice is a Public Notary and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries. Maurice has developed an expertise in International Family Law parenting matters and has represented clients in cases under the Hague Child Abduction Convention in the Family Court of Australia, the Full Court of the Family Court and the High Court of Australia. He has trained in Japan specifically in the mediation of disputes relating to the Abduction Convention. Maurice is named in the Doyles Guide of Leading Family Law Mediators - NSW, 2019. Maurice has 35 years experience in family law and is Special Counsel at Rafton Family Lawyers.